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CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING — On January 20, the first day of his second term, President Donald Trump formally labeled Mexico’s crime cartels as international terrorists. Last […] More
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EXPERT INTERVIEWS — The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) marks an anniversary today — 20 years since its creation as the top oversight […] More
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This week’s DefenseTech Brief captures a defense landscape in flux—driven by urgent needs for missile defense, advanced autonomy, and sovereign production capabilities. Across domains and continents, governments and industries are accelerating the inte…
The draft executive order would eliminate Africa operations and shut down bureaus working on democracy, human rights and refugee issues.
DEEP DIVE — When the U.S. intelligence community (IC) declared last week that the greatest danger to American national security is old-fashioned organized crime – mainly […] More
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DEEP DIVE — Over the past week, the Trump administration took two steps involving the pursuit of critical and rare earth minerals: it issued an executive […] More
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DEEP DIVE — President Donald Trump’s foreign aid freeze will kneecap U.S. efforts to build alliances around cybersecurity issues and help Russia and China seize the […] More
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EXPERT INTERVIEWS – In an age of rapidly changing technology and profound implications for the wars of the future, is the United States adapting effectively, […] More
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Greenland is the world’s largest island, located in the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans to the east of the Canadian Arctic, with a total area of more than 2.1 million square km, of which around 81 % is under ice.
The securitization of environmental crises rarely results in extraordinary political measures due to the risks associated with mobilising such actions.