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In the summer 2004, I faced a critical decision: whether to join the U.S. government as an intelligence analyst or continue my path in academia. After careful consideration, I chose the latter. I believed then—as I do now—that I could contribute more effectively to my country outside the constraints of government bureaucracy.
Twenty years of US neglect have created space for adversaries to build permanent footholds in the Western Hemisphere. Iran and other adversaries are quietly building an operational network in America’s backyard, one that sanctions alone cannot dismantle.
The writer, a professor of political science at Florida Atlantic University, was a chief of emergency of the Red Cross in East Beirut during Lebanon’s civil war and a project manager of the US State Department-funded Iraq Research an a discursive look at the myriad of statements on Israel’s war with Iran issued across social media reveals the extent to which the Jewish state has been criticized or vilified for attacking Iran.
Denying authorization to Chevron and other American oil companies in Venezuela will only create a vacuum that will be filled by countries hostile to the United States.
Members of the MB were caught planning sabotage activities in Amman. Jordan’s interior minister Mazin al-Farrayeh, declared a total ban on the group in a press briefing, saying that “any activity by the group, regardless of its nature, is considered a violation of the law”. He also emphasized that “affiliation and any interaction with the group is now banned and that promotion of its & ‘ ideology ‘ will result in criminal prosecution.”
The term “deep state” has been repeatedly heard since Donald Trump was first elected president in 2016. In this view, the “deep state” has been interpreted to mean the federal agencies of the executive branch composed of unelected bureaucrats standing in the way of presidential policies.
The U.S. Campaign Must Combine Military Force, Aggressive Diplomacy, Economic Warfare, and Influence Operations
In late January, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote in the Wall Street Journal that Trump’s America First policy pays close attention to the Western Hemisphere. Rubio claimed that previous administrations have overlooked Latin America, and he pledged things would be different from now on.
The fall of the Assad regime, which was the downfall of a political ideology- Ba’athism, and a minority community -the Alawis, can be somewhat connected to the overall fallout from the events of 7 October and their aftermath. Indeed, the timing of the events in Syria was greatly influenced by the smashing [though not final] defeat inflicted by Israel on Hizballah directly and indirectly on Iran. The Sunni opposition in Syria timed its final assault on the regime, which was in the making for many months, to the weakness of Iran, whose support to the Assad regime was crucial.
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A New Era of Digital Asset Foreign Policy
Academic Scholarship vs Ideology
The tragedy of Lebanon
Implications of Florida’s
New Election Laws
Latin America:
Challenges to the United States
Compelling and Practical Analysis of the Middle East Peace Process
The Intersection of National Security and the Florida Tech Ecosystem
The Intersection of National Security and the Florida Tech Ecosystem
Crisis in the Middle East” An analysis of the current situation in the region
Challenges and risks of America’s dependency on China for prescription drugs and antibiotics
Race relations and law enforcement
Contemporary Genocide with Dr. Joel Levin
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