Mexico
A Gameplan for American Economic Security:
Supercharging U.S. Statecraft, from an Economic Pentagon to the Near-Global Economy
Memos
The Broken Promise of the Panama Papers, Ten Years On
The scandal thrust financial secrecy into the spotlight. Why is dirty money still such a big problem?
Op-eds
Defying Trump, Swiping at Israel: Pedro Sanchez’s Brilliant, Empty Foreign Policy
Spain formally withdrew its ambassador from Israel on March 11. The announcement, published in the Boletin Oficial del Estado, terminated the appointment of Ana Maria Salomon Perez, downgrading Madrid’s...
Insights
Countering Iran’s Covert Chemical Weapons Program
Memos
Killing ‘El Mencho’ was just Step One in taking down the Mexican terror cartels
The death of Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes decapitated the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación, one of the most dangerous drug organizations in North America. There’s no denying...
Op-eds
Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump’s ‘Emergency’ Tariffs, Not His Ability to Reorient Global Trade
The Supreme Court just issued a significant blow to the Trump administration’s trade policy. On February 20, the high court ruled that Donald Trump’s application of tariffs under the International...
Policy Briefs
Trump Administration Scores Major Victory as Panama Supreme Court Rules Against Chinese Shipping Firm
The Danish shipping behemoth Maersk is now temporarily managing two ports along the Panama Canal after the Panamanian Supreme Court annulled a Chinese company’s contracts on constitutional grounds. The...
Policy Briefs
Canada’s Bet on Beijing Puts USMCA at Risk
Does Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney really consider China to be a “more predictable” partner than the United States? During a visit to Beijing last week, Carney unveiled a “new strategic partnership”...
Policy Briefs
Russia Recruits Young Migrant Women from Latin America to Build Iranian Drones
Memos
New Mexican Tariffs Strike a Blow Against China
Mexico is picking a side in the U.S.-China trade war. On December 10, the country’s congress voted to authorize tariffs of up to 50 percent on imports from China in a significant escalation of its existing...
Policy Briefs
China’s factories never sleep, but Europe does
Beijing’s export machine keeps running as Brussels hesitates, leaving European industry exposed
Op-eds
Trojan Horse
China's Auto Threat to America
Legislative Testimonies
A Free Venezuela Elevates U.S. Energy Security
If the Maduro regime were to fall tomorrow, the immediate applause in Washington would be for the restoration of democracy. But in Houston, the reaction would be a scramble for logistics. For over a...
Op-eds
Iran’s Al Mustafa University is a terror front
On November 7, 2025, the Daily Mail reported on an Iranian assassination plot against Israel’s ambassador to Mexico. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) orchestrated the...
Op-eds
Trump’s Venezuela push tackles the cocaine cartels — and Maduro’s illicit regime
In January President Donald Trump’s Special Presidential Envoy Richard Grenell held extensive talks with Venezuelan dictator Nicholás Maduro that included discussions of Venezuela receiving...
Op-eds
U.S., Mexico Step Up Cooperation on Cartel Money Laundering
Drug traffickers cannot spend their piles of cash unless other criminals are willing to launder their money for them. Without access to clean cash, cartels can’t invest in luxury properties, buy businesses,...
Policy Briefs
Iranian Plot to Assassinate Israeli Ambassador to Mexico Foiled
Murder of Ambassador Prevented: Mexico, with assistance from U.S. and Israeli intelligence, foiled an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Jerusalem’s ambassador to Mexico, according...
Flash Briefs
The Hanoi Convention: Russia’s Blueprint for an Authoritarian Cyberspace
Russia is celebrating a major win in cyberspace. On October 25 and 26, representatives from 110 countries convened in Hanoi, Vietnam, to sign the Russian-drafted UN Convention on Cybercrime. Under the...