By, Pelegrín Castillo Semán, Contributor In Iran, a decisive struggle is being waged for the destiny of humanity… The fall of the regime of the ayatollahs and its Islamic revolution would constitute a setback of great strategic importance to contain and defeat the spirit of jihad that...
By, Jaime (Jim) Gonzalez, Senior Fellow, MSI² Key Takeaways Coalitional realignment, protectionist working-class Republicans versus globalized professional Democrats, makes electoral incentives reward divergence over compromise, rendering reconciliation politically impossible. Biden and Trump embody irreconcilable theories of American power that mutually cannot coexist. Predictable four-to-eight-year strategic oscillation constitutes America's primary competitive...
By, Pedro Corzo, Senior Fellow, MSI² The death of several dozen Castroite enforcers in Caracas bears irrefutable witness to the close alliance between the dictatorial systems of Cuba and Venezuela, a nexus in which the Nicaraguan dictatorship of Ortega-Murillo is directly involved, despots who have decided to...
By, Dr. Luis Noguerol, Co-Founder and Senior Fellow, MSI² Executive Summary (BLUF) Cyber operations are no longer auxiliary tools of state power. They now function as integrated instruments of coercion, intelligence collection, and strategic signaling, operating alongside diplomacy, sanctions, and military force. Recent developments linked to Venezuela and Iran...
By, Fabián Calle, Senior Fellow, MSI² The publication of the Trump administration's National Security Strategy clearly outlines how the two-time president understands the geopolitical, cultural, and ideological challenges facing the superpower and its spheres of influence. The battle for ideas, minds, and hearts becomes as important as military...
By, Miami Strategic Intelligence Institute (MSI²) Panama remains a critical focal point of U.S.–China strategic competition. Over the past several months, the dynamics around telecommunications infrastructure, port concessions at the Panama Canal, and geopolitical alignment have continued to evolve. Below is the latest status picture based on...
By, MSI² In the first edition of Overwatch: The Hughes Review of Strategic Intelligence, published by the Miami Strategic Intelligence Institute (MSI²), retired Rear Admiral Mike Studeman, former Commander of the Office of Naval Intelligence, delivers a powerful essay titled “American Checkers in the Americas.” As one...
By, Andrés Alburquerque, Senior Fellow, MSI² Useful foreword: I wrote this six years ago. I know that the Fourth International was created by Trotsky in 1938, and it is precisely my point. It's lingering, suspended in time, almost frozen within itself, until the powers that be grab it...
By, Roberto Russell, Contributor, MSI² Keynote lecture at the ceremony of appointment as Emeritus Professor at the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella Competing Logics of Organization The topics we have addressed encompass two issues in international relations that are fundamental, and at the same time particularly complex: the question of...
By, MSI² The launch of Overwatch: The Hughes Review of Strategic Intelligence marks the beginning of a new editorial journey for the Miami Strategic Intelligence Institute (MSI²). In the opening letter of this first issue, our founder and CEO, Dr. Rafael Marrero, outlines the institute’s mission: to...