By, Jose Adan Gutierrez, Senior Fellow, MSI² Executive Summary: This article examines Panama’s evolving role as a strategic battleground in the intensifying rivalry between the United States and China. Once firmly anchored within the U.S. sphere of influence, Panama has increasingly become a focal point of Chinese...
By, Octavio Pérez, Senior Fellow, MSI² In recent days, multiple news services, including Chinese and Taiwanese news sources, have written about the previous confrontation between Pakistan and India. Operation Sindoor was supposed to attack terrorist camps and accomplices, but it went a bit more than that, apart...
By, Jesús Daniel Romero, Co-Founder, Senior Fellow, MSI² In the realm of high-stakes diplomacy, credibility, discipline, and strategic depth are essential. As the Trump administration re-engages with Latin America, an internal rift threatens U.S. strategic coherence. Special Envoy Richard Grenell’s recent actions in Venezuela have not only...
By, Jesús Daniel Romero, Co-Founder, Senior Fellow, MSI² Introduction: The murder of Israeli diplomats on American soil marks a disturbing escalation that cannot be dismissed as an isolated act of violence. What sets this apart from Middle Eastern conflict zones is not just the location, but the...
By, Octavio Pérez, Senior Fellow, MSI² China joins the HPM club with a class act...
By, Jesús Daniel Romero, Co-Founder, Senior Fellow, MSI² Preface: As someone who has spent decades observing and working on the frontlines of Latin American security, I have learned that the most dangerous threats are often not sudden — they are slow-moving collapses hidden beneath the surface. In...
By, Octavio Pérez, Senior Fellow, MSI² They always give you a hint of what is to come. China went from dragging anchors to a state-of-the-art cable-cutting system. Not only have they done this, but they have proudly announced it to the world. Recent articles, as fresh as March...
By, Jesús Daniel Romero, Co-Founder, Senior Fellow, MSI² Executive Summary The Latin American socialist experiment is unraveling under the weight of economic failure, criminal capture, and failed external alliances. What remains is a network of regimes that sustain themselves not on ideological purity or productivity, but on cocaine...
By, Jesús Daniel Romero, Co-Founder, Senior Fellow, MSI² & William Acosta, SME Executive Summary Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s recent diplomatic overtures to China and his proposal to host the next summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in the United States reflect a bold,...
By, Jesús Daniel Romero, Co-Founder and Senior Fellow, MSI² & Dr. Orlando Gutiérrez-Boronat, SME Over the past three years, the European Union (EU) has been Ukraine's main international ally in the face of Russian aggression. It has allocated more than €85 billion in military, humanitarian, and economic...