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Publications
VRIC Monitor: February 2019
February 2019 The VRIC Monitor is a one-of-a-kind, monthly report from SFS tracking extra-regional influence in Latin America. VRIC stands for Venezuela, Russia, Iran, China where Venezuela represents the country itself, but also the broader Bolivarian Alliance or ALBA. Likewise, Iran represents the Islamic Republic and a growing presence of Middle Eastern actors in Latin America, […] Read More »
- SITREP: Central American Caravans
- Hezbollah Crime-Terror Network Poses Big Concerns, Should Be Focus At Summit Of The Americas
- The US and Colombia aren’t planning a military intervention in Venezuela, but is Maduro?
Media
United States Will Permit the Use of 3D Printed Guns
The Russians Move into Central and South America along with their Iranian allies.
Venezuelan Refugee Crisis
Global Dispatch
February 2018 • Issue 6
The Dragon and the Condor: Beyond China’s Economic Influence in the Americas by Ricardo Neeb & Fernando Menéndez Click on image to download Dispatch Mainstream analysis of China’s presence in Latin America almost exclusively concentrates on economics rather than politics, and often disregards military or security issues entirely. Chinese economic penetration of the Western Hemisphere, which […] Read More »
Turning the Tables: How Brazil Defeated an ISIS Threat
by Leonardo Coutinho September 2017 • Issue 5 Click on image to download Dispatch For several decades, Brazil has been criticized for serving as a haven for Islamist extremists in South America. Foz da Iguaçu, a southwestern Brazilian city within the Tri-Border Area, at the crossroads of Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil, was used as a logistical […] Read More »
May 2017 • Issue 4
Checking Iran’s Gambit: A Review of Canada’s Policy Toward the Islamic Republic by Candice Malcolm Click on image to download Dispatch This Dispatch provides an overview of Iran’s activities in Canada, including those of its proxy group Hezbollah, that led to Canada’s firm response in 2012. In detailing the steps taken by the Harper government […] Read More »