VRIC MONITOR No. 26 | Ukraine War’s Lasting Latin America Effects
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image="12854" img_size="full" alignment="center"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text] As Russian missiles continue to rain down on Ukraine,
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VRIC MONITOR No. 22 | All eyes on Peru and Colombia
OVERVIEW Whether it’s the flared tensions between Israel and Hamas, or the current crisis and social unrest in Colombia, it is increasingly clear that democracies worldwide are under assault by brutal disi
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Asalto asimétrico a Colombia
El 28 de abril estallaron en Colombia, protestas luego que el presidente Iván Duque introdujera una reforma tributaria, que afectaría a una población ya cansada por la pandemia. Cuatro días después, el gobierno
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Asymmetric Assault on Colombia
Colombia’s mass nationwide protests erupted on April 28, after President Ivan Duque introduced a tax reform that would have squeezed an already pandemic-weary population. The Duque government withdrew the reform f
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VRIC MONITOR No. 12 | Iran comes out of the Shadows in Venezuela
Disclaimer: The VRIC Monitor does source a limited amount of media reports from state-owned or -controlled media outlets from VRIC nations. These media reports are carefully selected and solely intended to report on
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VRIC MONITOR No. 04: May 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 Bolivarian Revolution a
Continue readingHUMIRE: As Venezuela Inches Toward Syria-Style War, U.S. Weapons Are Not the Answer
For months the protests in Venezuela have been escalating and, last week, The Miami Herald revealed an audio recording suggesting that military snipers could be used against the Venezuelan protesters. The implications
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Checking Iran’s Gambit: A Review of Canada’s Policy Toward the Islamic Republic
May 2017 • Issue 4 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 b
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