South America

Beware Hezbollah’s Dual-Nationals

Without stigmatizing diaspora communities or profiling their members, Western intelligence services must work against radicalization and incitement by targeting Hezbollah agents.

10 Things to Know About Hezbollah

1. Hezbollah is an Iran-backed Islamist terrorist organization Hezbollah (also spelled “Hizballah”) is a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization and a political party based in Lebanon. The...

Israel, Partners Foiled 27 Iranian Terror Plots in Last Year 

Latest Developments  Israel’s intelligence services and their foreign partners have foiled 27 Iranian-orchestrated terrorist plots over the last year, Mossad director David Barnea revealed on...

Washington Needs a New Economic Security Framework for the Americas

Washington must bring powerful answers to pressing issues in the region: populism, political unrest, and disinformation; water and food insecurity; extreme weather; mass migration; the evolving drug trade; money laundering and corruption; and weakened democratic institutions.

Countering Threats Posed by Nation-State Actors in Latin America to U.S. Homeland Security

Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence

America’s Power Competition Goes Awry in Lula’s Brazil

When the dust settles, the consequences of Lula’s approach will serve neither American interests nor Brazil’s.

Stationing US Navy Destroyers in Spain Increases Readiness in the Pacific

The U.S. Navy recently announced its intention to forward station an additional two Arleigh Burke-class ballistic missile defense-capable destroyers in Rota, Spain, raising the total number of U.S. destroyers...

The real power behind Paraguay’s new president

On Sunday April 30, moments after giving his acceptance speech, Paraguay’s president-elect Santiago Peña welcomed the former president, Horacio Cartes, to join him on the podium. The adoring crowd erupted...

Upcoming Paraguayan Election a Bellwether for Taiwan’s International Standing

The outcome of this month’s hotly contested Paraguayan election will likely determine whether Asuncion maintains diplomatic relations with Taipei or switches recognition to Beijing, a move that would...

Losing Latin America

The U.S. retreats while China’s Communist rulers advance

Hezekiah’s Mistake

As Netanyahu tries to manage relations with a fracturing American empire, he would do well to read Isaiah

Putin is fighting another secret war – one dangerously ignored by the West

Russia is engaged in propaganda battles around the world, but it is in the Balkans where his efforts are truly paying off

How Biden, Congress can stop the UN from legitimizing antisemitism

United Nations officials urged countries in October and November to reject the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism, the global benchmark for identifying...

Targeting Tiandy

The Case for Blacklisting a Chinese Tech Firm Tied to Crackdowns on Uyghurs and Iranian Protestors

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: August

Dropping IRGC from blacklist would be boon for terrorism

When Former US President Donald Trump designated Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist group, the White House explained that this move recognized a reality in which Tehran not only funds terrorism but actively participates in it and uses the organization to advance its political goals.

How Iran is Making Inroads in South America

Al Mustafa International University in Qom caters to converts in their native language. Some of them come home to run for office.

Taiwan 194

Emulating the Palestinians to Advocate Internationally for Taiwan and to Counter China

‘China’s Media Warfare seeks global totalitarian thought control’

India and other countries would do well to study how China employs Media Warfare to try to undermine Taiwan’s democratic institutions, fracture national unity, demoralize the public and military, and create social instability in pursuit of its goal of annexing this sovereign country.

The new conquistadores

U.S. adversaries are becoming South American hegemons