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Is the US Pivoting to Latin America to Fight the Drug Cartels? Here’s What We Know

The Department of Defense has expressed a desire to refocus the US military on the Western Hemisphere—potentially retraining ...
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White House Pulled Ukraine’s Starshield Support, Insiders Say

President Donald Trump recently suggested that it was time for Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy to step down—comments ...
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Afghanistan’s Road to Nowhere, and the Central Asian Way Around It

Central Asia’s investment in Afghanistan could reduce the region’s dependence on Russia without US recognition of the Afghan ...
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Mexico’s Drug Cartels Are Stealing American Trucks. Here’s What They’re Doing with Them.

Cartel armored vehicles—nicknamed “narco-tanks” or monstruos—are physically impressive, although their actual effectiveness ...
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Why the US Must Expand Air Defense Authority to the Private Sector

A Ukrainian soldier uses a drone in Donbas, Ukraine, on August 13, 2025. US homeland defense requires empowering the private ...