By, Fabián Calle, Senior Fellow, MSI² Over the past two years, comparisons between the governments of Carlos Menem and Javier Milei regarding their relationship with the United States have been used both in serious analyses and in political debates and clichés. At first glance, both share a...
By, Arnulfo Arias Olivares, contributor. Attorney, businessman, and Alternate Congressman of Panama Recently, the 36th anniversary of the invasion of Panama by the United States Army was commemorated. An operation intended to completely dismantle the Defense Forces as the operational arm of the then-dictatorship. The way in which...
By, Verioska Velasco, Senior Fellow, MSI² The recent activation of the Chinese operation Justice Mission 2025 marks a new point of military pressure on Taiwan. These are military exercises that include live-fire maneuvers and the designation of five zones around the island, subject to maritime and airspace...
By, Pedro Corzo, Senior Fellow, MSI² A few days ago, I was talking with two dear friends, businessman Kemel Jamis and writer José Antonio Albertini, about the lack of leaders in Latin America who possess a democratic vision on a hemispheric scale. We went back to the 19th...
By, CDR José Adán Gutiérrez, Senior Fellow, MSI² Dr. Rafael A. Marrero, Founder and Chief Economist, MSI² MSI² Series Context: An Escalating Governance Crisis in Mexico This article is part of an ongoing MSI² analytical series that documents the rapid deterioration of Mexico’s governance environment and the expanding influence...
By, Pedro Corzo, Senior Fellow, MSI² The abuses and crimes of Castroism do not end; one might say it is a system that outdoes itself in cruelty and in the systematic violation of human rights. It is a system of governance in which insular totalitarianism is not...
By, Andrés Alburquerque, Senior Fellow, MSI² Necessary Foreword Spurred by the crushing defeat we suffered in the New York mayoral elections, I have resolved to expose, through a series of three articles, the true face of communism in Cuba. I will examine how, with scarcely five percent of...
By, Pelegrín Castillo Semán, contributor The two-state solution has been agreed upon since 1947. It had even been negotiated at the Yalta Summit, but it could not be implemented because the Arab States rejected it unanimously: they opted to destroy Israel in a lightning war, which ended...
By, Verioska Velasco, Senior Fellow, MSI² In the “Document on China’s Policy toward Latin America and the Caribbean,” published on December 10, 2025, China openly reveals its strategic intentions on a global scale. The document refers to a “global governance initiative,” emphasizing that it seeks to promote a...
By, Jaime (Jim) Gonzalez, Senior Fellow, MSI² Key Takeaways Colombia's $4.4 billion Gripen acquisition represents the political instrumentalization of a genuine operational necessity The traditionally robust U.S.-Colombia security partnership collapsed with unprecedented speed in 2025 Colombia's pursuit of strategic independence remains constrained by technological realities Colombia's November 14 signing of a...