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Cognitive Warfare at America’s Edge

AI & Deterrence, Archive, Strategic Adversariesauthoritarian durability, China, cognitive pressure, cognitive warfare, Cuba, Cyber Espionage, cyber staging, diplomatic cover, ecosystem, espionage, exploitation infrastructure., foreign assistance, hemispheric access, influence, information laundering, Information Operations, infrastructure access, Intelligence, Iran, media partnerships, narrative convergence, narrative localization, political subversion, proxy relationships, regime resilience, regional relationships, Russia, sanctions, security institutions, Spanish-language messaging, strategic access, telecommunications, U.S. adversaries

Cognitive Warfare at America’s Edge

Greg Sharpe1 Comment

Published: August 27, 2026 The State Department’s “Cuba: The Capital of 21st Century Communism” report and the independent assessment by resilience and resistance interdisciplinary scholar Dr. Robert Burrell both address important but differing views. The State Department examines how Havana converted limited conventional power into…

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Exposing Willful Blindness: American Strength Is Nonnegotiable

Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Bonus Reads, Defense & Security, Strategic AdversariesAmerican nuclear posture, Arms Race, ballistic missiles, Berlin, China, cold war, Cuba, Defense Spending, Deterrence, Diplomacy, escalation risks, extended deterrence, global stability, humanitarian impacts, INF Treaty, Iran, Katerina Canyon, mutually assured destruction, NATO, nonproliferation, North Korea, Nuclear dominance, nuclear modernization, public opinion, Quds Force, RAND study, Russia, slcm-n, space-based interceptors, START Treaty, strategic stability

Exposing Willful Blindness: American Strength Is Nonnegotiable

Brandon Toliver10 Comments

Katerina Canyon’s op-ed, “From Deterrence to Diplomacy: Why Nuclear Dominance Is a Dangerous Illusion,” calls for restraint and diplomacy rather than a robust nuclear arsenal. While her concerns over escalation…

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Terrorism in Latin America: We Should Be Paying Attention

Archive, Emerging Threatscolumbia, Columbia Argentina, Cuba, global terrorist groups, hamas, Hazbollah, international terrorism, Islamic Revolutionary Guards, Israel, Israeli-backed, Latin America, Venezuela

Terrorism in Latin America: We Should Be Paying Attention

Santiago Spadiliero & Alexis Schlotterback0 Comments

All eyes are on Hezbollah as the Israel-Palestinian conflict threatens the stability of Lebanon. Undoubtedly, war with the Iranian-backed militant group will cause widespread damage and destruction. Still, as the…

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The Cubans are more disciplined and more effective pound-for-pound than the KGB ever was

Meet the SpiesCuba, espionage, secrets, spies, spy ring

The Cubans are more disciplined and more effective pound-for-pound than the KGB ever was

GSR Staff0 Comments

It's a point which came home to James Olson, former head of counterintelligence at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), in June 1987, when a Cuban spy, Florentino Aspillaga, walked into…

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A Two-Pronged Approach for Dealing with Venezuela

Deterrence & Foreign PolicyColombia, Cuba, Russia, United States, Venezuela

A Two-Pronged Approach for Dealing with Venezuela

Walker D. Mills

The US can’t afford to ignore Venezuela. Even though it has been at odds with the United States since the election of Hugo Chávez in 1998, Venezuela has consistently received…

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Engagement with Cuba is the Key to Greater U.S. Influence in Latin America

Deterrence & Foreign PolicyCuba, United States, Venezuela

Engagement with Cuba is the Key to Greater U.S. Influence in Latin America

Calum Paton

Ever since the presidency of Woodrow Wilson, U.S. foreign policy towards Central and South America has been geared towards intervention—a trend exacerbated by growing Soviet influence during the Cold War.…

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Forget about North Korea, Venezuela is the next major national security crisis

Defense & SecurityBrazil, Colombia, Cuba, Hezbollah, Iran, Lebanon, United States, Venezuela

Forget about North Korea, Venezuela is the next major national security crisis

Joshua Ball

The country has become a full-blown narco-state, making a negotiated political settlement nearly impossible. Venezuela’s problems will only get worse as President Nicolas Maduro strips Venezuela’s democratic institutions of their…

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