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Mexico's cyber security problem, ten years later...
September 30 by Serena Joseph-HarrisThe challenges currently experienced by the government of Mexico, highlighted in the article ‘Mexico sets sights on cyber security’, in which it is stated that high value targets such as...
On the Throes of Transition, Part IV: Confronting the Vortex of Violence
June 05 by Serena Joseph-HarrisEarlier discussions on violent extremist movements such as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) give credence to the reasons why religion, nationality, organisation or even ethnicity, as...
On the Throes of Transition: Terrorism - Analysis, Assessment, Action
May 06 by Serena Joseph-HarrisPolitical language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidarity to pure wind. George Orwell Policy-making and theory application are by no...
On the Throes of Transition Part III: Countering the Stereotype of a Tropical Paradise
April 20 by Serena Joseph-HarrisThis third installment of the ongoing bi-regional discourse themed "On the Throes of Transition - Terrorism: Assessment, Analysis, Action" is appropriately called "Countering the Stereotype of a Tro...
While silence may be good politics it may no longer be sustainable
April 17 by Serena Joseph-HarrisWhile studying Ambassador Ward’s article, Cuba and Venezuela: Assessing United States sanctions in the Hemisphere, and thinking about the absence of a coherent articulated policy within CARIC...
Why countering the drug trade in the Caribbean is in the US national interest
May 27 by Serena Joseph-Harris"As traffickers constantly reorder their routes and methods, the United States and other donors continue to believe that countering the drug trade in the Caribbean is in our national interest as wel...
The rise and rise of narco-terror gangs
December 16 by Serena Joseph-HarrisThe Andean region is one of three sub-regions in the world designated by the United Nations as "regions under stress," the other two being South West Asia and South East Asia. The significance of...
Countering narcoterrorism: Analysing multilateral maritime interdiction operations
December 09 by Serena Joseph-HarrisThe Department of Defense is the lead federal agency involved in efforts to detect and monitor aerial and maritime illegal drug shipments entering the United States. This role is buttressed by the r...
The Caribbean drug challenge demands active layered defence
December 09 by Serena Joseph-HarrisThe region of Central America and the Caribbean has long been used by drug traffickers as a major transit and trans-shipment area. While the Caribbean route is largely preferred by Colombian traffic...