Importancia de la formalidad para la seguridad

Fellow Dardo López-Dolz writes about the security in Peru in this latest article. López-Dolz claims that rules are less obligatory and more like recommendations in Peru. This puts the security of the entire state in je

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Peru summit provides opportunity to ramp up fight against ISIS

When President Barack Obama visits Lima this week for a two-day Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, the fight against Islamist terrorism should be at the very top of his agenda.  In the last year, ISIS affi

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Bogus passports create refugee challenge

One of the suicide bombers who blew himself up outside a soccer stadium in Paris was in possession of a Syrian passport. Reports indicate that the passport was not his own, and yet, officials don’t know why the terrori

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Israel may be next target

Most Canadians are now familiar with the ongoing civil war in Syria. We’ve all seen the propaganda campaign produced by the terrorist group known as the Islamic State, who uses social media to broadcast their barbaric

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Venezuela’s Leaders and the Chinese Trough

China’s President Xi Jinping has made a major commitment to eradicating corruption in the country’s government and state-owned enterprises.  Those who analyze Mr. Xi’s policies argue that he sees corruption as

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Freedom for Leopoldo: The U.S. and Political Prisoners in the Americas

Freedom for Leopoldo: The U.S. and Political Prisoners in the Americas

The case of Venezuelan political leader Leopoldo López, in jail without a sentence since February 18, 2014, seems so clear, that the inability to secure his release, is a testimony to the sad state of democracy in sever

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Iran’s Strategic Penetration of Latin America

Joseph Humire discussed the book he edited entitled "Iran's Strategic Penetration of Latin America" at The Institute of World Politics on November 5, 2014.

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Joseph Humire on What’s at stake for Central America

Joseph Humire speaks at the Heritage Foundation about insecurity in Honduras and upcoming elections.  

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