Iran in Latin America: Threat or Axis of Annoyance?
Senior Fellow Douglas Farah's analysis of the debate over the level of threat posed by Iran's expanding diplomatic, trade and military presence in Latin America, and its stated ambition to continue to broaden these ties.
What Extremists Say About Jihad
IASC Visiting Fellow Stephen Coughlin's thesis draws on the most important Islamic scholars to describe the relationship betweem Jihad and Islamic law.
Salafists, China and West Africa's Growing Anarchy
Douglas Farah explores the challenges the U.S. faces in Western Africa from Islam, China and a growing dependence on oil and natural gas from the Gulf of Guinea.
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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What Does Viktor Bout Know?
August 20th, 2010
It looks like the luck of Viktor Bout, one of the world's premier weapons traffickers, has finally run out. The surprise decision Friday of a Thai appellate to overturn a lower-court decision and allow Bout's extradition to stand trial in the United States on charges of trying to sell weapons to Colombian guerrillas means he should finally get his day in court.
Sustaining Deterrence on the Taiwan Strait[1]
July 21st, 2010
While seasoned observers are identifying what may be a second “freeze” on arms sales to Taiwan, the 66 F-16C fighters the Obama Administration has not yet approved for sale to Taiwan may only constitute the very beginning of a new phase of arms sales that will be required to sustain deterrence on the Taiwan Strait through this decade. While Taiwan, especially under the “flexible diplomacy” of President Ma Ying Jeou has sought to expand economic and political relations with China, there should be no doubt that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) remains committed to achieving “unification” under their terms, a condition will continue until the CCP is removed from power in China. Until such a turn of history Taiwan’s survival as a democracy will depend on economic and political engagement with China that minimizes risks and the maintenance of a military capability that deters the CCP leadership from considering that it can secure military victory.
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