International Drug Trafficking
Trafficking and terrorism are inextricably linked and threaten the territorial sovereignty of nation states by undermining the civil society and hampering sustainable economic development. International and domestic terrorism organizations and their supporters engage in a myriad of crimes to fund and facilitate terrorist...
Migration / Border Security
The concept of border security around the globe shares a complex relationship with the persistent threat of terrorism. Border security includes the protection of land borders, ports, and...
DoD's Social Media Guru Price Floyd Leaves Pentagon
03-Sep-2010 - Executive Gov | Updated: 03-Sep-2010The Department of Defense's first-ever director of media affairs and social media czar has left the Pentagon, Wired reports.
Turkey's Silent Crisis
03-Sep-2010 - FP | Updated: 03-Sep-2010Tensions between the government and the country's Kurdish minority are threatening to explode like never before. And the collateral damage may include the Obama administration's foreign policy.
U.S. Expectations for Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
03-Sep-2010 - Stratfor | Updated: 03-Sep-2010Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Wednesday said that his country was willing to partition Jerusalem as part of a peace deal with the Palestinians. "West Jerusalem and 12 Jewish neighborhoods that are home to 200,000 residents will be ours The Arab neighborhoods in which close to a quarter million Palestinians live will be theirs,"
The Read and the Black
03-Sep-2010 - Newsweek | Updated: 03-Sep-2010Here's a puzzler. Latin America has never been more democratic: of 34 nations in Central and South America and the Caribbean, all except one (Cuba) are constitutional democracies, with laws guaranteeing open elections, independent courts, legislatures, and freedom of expression. So why do so many governments still trample on citizens' rights, bully...
Militancy and the U.S. Drawdown in Afghanistan
02-Sep-2010 - Stratfor | Updated: 02-Sep-2010The drawdown of U.S. forces in Iraq has served to shift attention toward Afghanistan, where the United States has been increasing its troop strength in hopes of forming conditions conducive to a political settlement. This is similar to the way it used the 2007 surge in Iraq to help reach a negotiated settlement with the Sunni insurgents that...
GLOBAL NARCO-ENTERPRISE
01-Sep-2010 - Sovereign Challenge | Updated: 01-Sep-2010The Sixth Sovereign Challenge Conference is scheduled for El Paso, 7-10 November 2010. El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico can be considered socially, culturally and economically as a single metropolis. Sovereign Challenge will use this geographic proximity on the Rio Grande River, bridging the U.S. and Mexico, to discuss border and...
Rethinking American Options on Iran
31-Aug-2010 - Stratfor | Updated: 31-Aug-2010Public discussion of potential attacks on Iran's nuclear development sites is surging again. This has happened before. On several occasions, leaks about potential airstrikes have created an atmosphere of impending war. These leaks normally coincided with diplomatic initiatives and were designed to intimidate the Iranians and facilitate a settlement...
Montenegro - a Reliable Defense Partner
31-Aug-2010 - Common Defense Quarterly | Updated: 31-Aug-2010Montenegro, the youngest UN member, restored its statehood at the referendum held in May 2006. By that democratic act, it regained its international status recognized in 1878 at the Congress of Berlin. Although small in size, Montenegro is very rich in history and culture, and is best reflected in a harmonious coexistence with many nations and...
5th Conference Executive Summary (Mar 10)
Updates and transcripts from this years annual conference in Key West Fl.
Read and download updates and transcripts from this years annual conference Regional Issues, Global Implications. View available documents.
4th 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.
Ambassadors Roundtable
HSPI's Ambassadors Roundtable Series is designed to provide Ambassadors to the United States and their key diplomatic staff with a forum to discuss current and future counterterrorism and counterinsurgency efforts on a regional or country-specific basis.
In an effort to draw upon various insights and experiences, the Ambassadors Roundtable Series builds upon and institutionalizes efforts over the past few years to engage in a dialogue with members of the international community, policy makers, and practitioners.Visit the Ambassadors Roundtable
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