Failed State Index
The concept of a failed state is notoriously elastic. Most of the phenomena often cited, such as corruption, a breakdown in the provision of public goods like law and order or welfare, and human flight, are symptoms not definitions of state failure, and are shared by many states to some degree. A fully failed state has lost the capacity...
Small Nation Initiative
A US Special Operations Command strategic communication international engagement project focusing on the sovereignty of independent nations and how terrorism, transnational crime, migration and border security violate this concept of...
Little Enthusiasm for Many Muslim Leaders
04-Feb-2010 - The Pew Global Attitudes Project | Updated: 08-Feb-2010Across predominantly Muslim nations, there is little enthusiasm for the extremist Islamic organizations Hamas and Hezbollah, although there are pockets of support for both groups, especially in the Middle East.
The Lure of Jihadism, or "Boys Will Be Boys"
03-Feb-2010 - Pajamas Media | Updated: 05-Feb-2010According to a recent ABC report, "As many as three dozen criminals who converted to Islam in American prisons have moved to Yemen where they could pose a 'significant threat' to attack the U.S., according to a report on al-Qaeda from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. … Also of concern to U.S. officials, the Senate staff found, is a group of...
Obama Silent on Iran, Merkel Picks up the Slack
28-Jan-2010 - Stratfor | Updated: 04-Feb-2010U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA presented the nation with his first ever State of the Union address on Wednesday. The speech focused almost entirely on domestic affairs, revealing the world’s sole superpower to be wholly engrossed in domestic politics and economic concerns. Barely one out of the approximately 16 and a half pages of the address looked...
Emerging West African Terror-Drug Nexus Poses Major Security Threat
28-Jan-2010 - FDD (Foundation for Defense of Democracies) | Updated: 04-Feb-2010Over the course of the last month, the foiled attempt by would-be "underwear bomber" Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to blow up a Detroit-bound passenger flight on Christmas Day has underscored the dangers of ignoring threats from Africa to the security of the United States, even as the Obama administration's handling of the case has raised questions of...
Iranian Proxies: An Intricate and Active Web
03-Feb-2010 - Stratfor | Updated: 04-Feb-2010For the past few years, STRATFOR has been carefully following the imbroglio over the Iranian nuclear weapons program and efforts by the United States and others to scuttle the program. This situation has led to threats by both sides, with the United States and Israel discussing plans to destroy Iranian weapons sites with airstrikes and the Iranians...
February newsletter
01-Feb-2010 - Sovereign Challenge | Updated: 29-Jan-2010Plans are underway for the 5th Annual SOVEREIGN CHALLENCE CONFERENCE. The event will be held from 8-11 March 2010 in Key West, Florida. The general theme is "Regional Issues, Global Implications."
Failed Sovereign States
29-Jan-2010 - Sovereign Challenge | Updated: 29-Jan-2010A failed sovereign state is a critical geopolitical agenda concern for the international community. It is irrelevant if a failed sovereign state is designated a global security threat or simply a tragedy for their own people – the global community can no longer turn a blind eye to these conditions.
Taking Credit for Failure
27-Jan-2010 - Stratfor | Updated: 27-Jan-2010On Jan. 24, a voice purported to be that of Osama bin Laden claimed responsibility for the botched attempt to bring down Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on Christmas Day. The short one-minute and two-second audio statement, which was broadcast on Al Jazeera television, called the 23-year-old Nigerian suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab a hero and...
Annual Conference Executive Summary (Mar 09)
The highlight of the Sovereign Challenge program year is the annual spring conference that caters to military attachés from sovereign nations.
The conference provides an opportunity for this community of interest to focus attention on creating strategies to counter militant extremism, transnational crime and migration/border security issues. Conference proceedings are available on the Sovereign Challenge website. Read the Mar 09 Executive Summary
The Combating Terrorism Center Harmony Project
The Combating Terrorism Center at West Point is an academic think tank that tracks violent militant extremism.
Unclassified and translated documentation captured from the al-Qaida Network in Iraq is available on the Sovereign Challenge website. View the documentation here.
Global Incident Map
The Global Incident Map is a commercially-provided kinetic display of terrorist and other suspicious incidents on a global scale.
Display is updated on a 24/7 basis and is provided to the Sovereign Challenge website registered users gratis. Visit the Global Incident Map
Latest Article Comments
Give the recent revelations that some of the more incendiary claims in the IPCC's report were inserted for the sole purpose of applying political leverage in advance of the Copenhagen Climate summit, (including backing away the claim that Himalayan glaciers were receding at an accelerated rate) Mr. Faris needs to rethink the "Last Straw" portion of this report or at least expand the 25 year time line from his stay awake at night scenario to the more plausible 200+ year time frame...
The US's or the UN's weak attempts at sanctions against Iran will only further infuriate Iran and alienate Isreal who sees through the weak attempt.
I disagree with "al Qaeda remains a marginal threat " - just last week the FBI took down a terror cell in the US that was al Queda, and what about all the others the media was not privy to?
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Global Incident Map
The Global Incident Map is a commercially-provided kinetic display of terrorist and other suspicious incidents on a global scale. Display is updated on a 24/7 basis and is provided to the Sovereign Challenge website registered users gratis.
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True republicanism is the sovereignty of the people....There are natural and imprescriptible rights which an entire nation has no right to violate.
Marquis De Lafayette