Dr. Treston Wheat
FLASH Report: Foreign Assistance Freeze - Legal Issues and Impact
The Trump administration's funding freeze threatens immediate impacts on NGOs and humanitarian assistance. While legal challenges may delay implementation, maintaining essential resources remains a strategic imperative to prevent further crisis escalation and further exposure.
The Political-Criminal Nexus: Nation-States, Illicit Networks, and Global Security
Introduction
Nation-state actors increasingly use criminal networks as proxies to achieve political and strategic goals, leveraging their resources and capabilities to engage in activities that may be harder to attribute directly to the state. This collaboration provides several advantages to nation-states, including plausible deniability, lower financial and political costs, and
Information Warfare: China, Russia, and Influence Operations Involving NGOs
State and Other Actor Involvement & Support
Latin America and Right-Wing Populism
Ukraine Conflict and the Global Food Market Impact
