Islamist Cyber Networks in Latin America
Published by the Western Hemisphere Security Analysis Center of Florida International University, this study by IASC Senior Fellow Douglas Farah investigates the growing cyber networks in Latin America that promote strong anti-Semitic and anti-U.S. messages, while supporting of Iran, Hezbollah and the Bolivarian revolution led by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez.
Fixers, Super Fixers and Shadow Facilitators: How Networks Connect
IASC Senior Fellow Douglas Farah takes you inside the social networks that operate within illicit commodity chains, and their importance to functioning of transnational criminial enterprises in this chapter of the forthcoming book Convergence: Illicit Networks in the Age of Globalization, to be published by the Center for Complex Operations at National Defense University.
China’s Military Modernization: Building for Regional and Global Reach
China's rise to global economic and strategic eminence, with the potential for achieving pre-eminence in the greater-Asian region, is one of the defining characteristics of the post-Cold War period. For students contemplating a broad range of business, social science, journalist or military science curricula, it is critical to possess a basic understanding of the military-strategic basis and trajectory of a Rising China. Read More...
Merchant of Death
IASC Senior Fellow Douglas Farah and Stephen Braun tell the story of Viktor Bout, the Russian weapons supplier whose global network has changed the way mondern warfare is fought.
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Defending the Philippines: Military Modernization and the Challenges Ahead
May 3rd, 2012
China’s increasing belligerence in the South China Sea has led the new president of the Philippines, Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, to make the most credible policy commitment in decades to improve Philippine military capabilities. China can now threaten the ability of the Philippines to access resources located in its exclusive economic zone.1 China can also impede access to the sea lanes in the South China Sea, including those near the Philippines, which are crucial arteries for both regional and global trade. Under Aquino’s leadership, the government has launched programs to build up the Philippine Air Force (PAF) and Philippine Navy (PN). How much assistance Manila will seek from the United States remains unclear.
Dangerous Work: Violence Against Mexico’s Journalists and Lessons from Colombia
April 11th, 2012
The job of Mexican journalists covering drug trafficking and organized crime along the Mexico-U.S. border has regularly been called the most dangerous job in the world. And the danger has spread from journalists for traditional media to bloggers and citizens who post reports on drug cartel violence through social media such as Twitter and Facebook. The danger is not just from drug cartels, however. Journalists often identified local politicians and police–frequently in the pay of the cartels–as the source of most of the threats.
Latest Articles
- China’s Strategic Assistance To North Korea’s Nuclear Program by Richard Fisher, Jr. [04.21.2012]
- Fixers, Super Fixers and Shadow Facilitators: How Networks Connect by Douglas Farah [04.20.2012]
- Investigating the Chinese Threat, Part One: Military and Economic Aggression by John Tkacik [03.28.2012]
- China's Air Force Modernizes On Dual Tracks by Richard Fisher, Jr. [03.20.2012]
