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Breaking the Grip: Comprehensive Policy Recommendations to Defeat Drug Cartels

By Antonio Graceffo December 21, 2023World

By Antonio Graceffo In 2022, drug overdoses claimed the lives of over 100,000 Americans. The primary sources of illegal drugs flooding into the United States are the Mexican drug cartels, who…

Drug Cartels Terrorist Organizations Threaten U.S. Security

By Antonio Graceffo November 11, 2023World

By Antonio Graceffo According to the State Department’s International Narcotics Control Strategy Report of 2022, Mexico is the primary source of illegal drugs in the United States, including heroin, marijuana, methamphetamine, and…

Pakistan on the Brink of Collapse, CCP to Benefit

By Antonio Graceffo November 11, 2023World

by Antonio Graceffo The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is biding its time as Pakistan, already facing economic collapse, is now in the throes of widespread protests and political violence. Pakistan…

NATO Needs A Bank To Increase Its Effectiveness

By Antonio Graceffo November 4, 2023World

By Antonio Graceffo The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) suffers from disproportionate financial burden-sharing., exacerbated by the fact the NATO has expanded its area of operations beyond the borders of…

CCP Intelligence Operations in the US

By Antonio Graceffo November 4, 2023World

By Antonio Graceffo The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security are ramping up efforts to counter CCP intelligence operations in the U.S. On May 11, the FBI arrested an alleged Chinese…

Brazil’s Lula and China’s Xi: A CCP-Led World Order

By Antonio Graceffo October 26, 2023World

By Antonio Graceffo From Ukraine to Taiwan and ditching the dollar, Brazil is on board with the new communist China-led order. On April 14, Brazil’s leftist president, Luiz Inacio Lula…

China Brokering Saudi-Iran Deal Sees Biden Losing the Middle East

By Antonio Graceffo September 22, 2023World

By Antonio Graceffo The Chinese Communist Party's Middle East peace deal has implications for U.S. regional influence. On March 10th, Saudi Arabia and Iran announced that they would resume diplomatic relations in…

South Africa Choosing Sides in China–Russia Wargames

By Antonio Graceffo September 15, 2023World

South Africa conducts military drills with Russia and China as blocs form across the globe By Antonio Graceffo Combined military and naval drills between South Africa, Russia, and China began…

The CCP Is Still the Largest Threat to US National Security

By Antonio Graceffo August 29, 2023World

By Antonio Graceffo Melanie W. Sisson of the Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology on Feb. 7 told the House Armed Services Committee, “Under the rule of the Chinese…

Taliban, Russia, and China: Cooperation but No Bloc

By Antonio Graceffo August 22, 2023World

By Antonio Graceffo The Taliban government of Afghanistan is expanding its trade and cooperation with Russia and China, but a true alliance is unlikely. Earlier this month, Kabul and Beijing…