This article was first published in U.S. Northern Command’s magazine The Watch, Volume 5, 2024. Threats to hemispheric security are myriad: trafficking in people, weapons and drugs; illegal fishing and mining; climate change and environmental fallout; corruption; cybercrimes and digital disinformation; predatory violence and extortion; and targeted challenges to [ … ]
This article was originally published in Per Concordiam, a publication of U.S. European Command in coordination with the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, on September 12, 2024. China and Russia are expanding their defense cooperation through joint military exercises, visits of high-level defense officials, and arms trade [ … ]
This article was first published in Indo-Pacific Defense Forum, a publication of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, on August 14, 2023. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is waging existential warfare against the rest of the world. It is a war for global control, and the CCP aspires to win it without fighting [ … ]
This article was first published in Per Corcordiam, a publication of U.S. European Command, on September 12, 2024. The People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) economic and political position in Europe is extremely important to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and effort is being made to enhance that position. The PRC [ … ]
This article was originally published by the Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy, Florida International University in September 2024. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Over the past decade, Russian-based companies have provided sophisticated surveillance technology to several Latin American countries. These technologies are critical to the survival of the repressive regimes [ … ]
The existing asymmetries between China and Russia are an element to distinguish the influence capabilities of both countries in Latin America. While the People's Republic of China is understood as a rising global power, provided with abundant financial resources to capture elites and access strategic sectors within Latin American nations [ … ]
This article was first published in the Indo-Pacific Defense FORUM on December 18, 2024. The People’s Republic of China (PRC) continues to face international criticism for violating the sovereignty of nations across the globe with its “overseas police service stations,” clandestine offices established in many cases without the approval or [ … ]
From August 26-29, 2024, I had the honor of participating as the moderator of the Central America and Caribbean Air Chiefs Conference, hosted by the leadership of U.S. Air Forces Southern (12th Air Force) in Tucson, Arizona. The event was an opportunity for the heads of the Air Forces of [ … ]
This article was first published in the Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs on November 15, 2023 The Indian Ocean is becoming a major theater of geopolitical contest for strategic dominance in the wider Indo-Pacific. The Western Indian Ocean (WIO), in particular, has emerged as the strategic center stage for great-power games. [ … ]
Summary The constant evolution of information and communication technologies, in the context of global dynamics, have become par excellence the dynamizing engine of the ideological media pulse in the scenarios of bidding and great power competition, where the imperious eagerness of the opponents to conquer the minds of the legitimizing [ … ]
This article was originally published on The Diplomat on June 17, 2024. Over the past year, China has made significant advances in Central America in multiple sectors, in strategic geography ever closer to the United States. It has built that position in countries ruled by governments with both the political [ … ]
This article was originally published on Infobae on June 11, 2024. On June 7, 2024, I had the privilege of participating as a speaker in an event in Miami, Florida organized by the Presidential Mission of Latin America, bringing together three former Latin American presidents, current senior Latin American government [ … ]
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