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By Ghaleb Krame Last May, at the World Police Summit in Dubai, my Australian colleague Dr. Amanda Davies and I presented an academic paper titled Digital Twin Strategies for Countering Cartel Drone Operations: A Policy-Driven Approach. Soon to be published by...

By Ghaleb Krame | July 17, 2025 In less than two weeks, President Claudia Sheinbaum’s administration has stumbled into two high-profile political blunders that cast serious doubt on its narrative of professionalism and control. The first: a diplomatic rift with El...

By Ghaleb Krame As Mexico approaches a political and judicial turning point, the fate of one man—Ovidio Guzmán, son of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán—could determine whether the country's criminal-political scaffolding finally begins to unravel. Extradited to the United...

I. Introduction: A Bombshell Statement Strategic Insight: Mexico is no longer a passive neighbor—it is an active node in a geopolitical and criminal network increasingly aligned with America’s adversaries. On June 25, 2025, former U.S. Attorney Pam Bondi ignited...

PHOENIX, Arizona.— Alfonso Durazo, the current governor of Sonora from the dominant MORENA party, has become the first governor in Mexican history to be declared by the U.S. government as "suspected of terrorism," according to federal agents from the United States who...

By Ghaleb Krame General Context Since the Mexican government declared war on the cartels in 2006, more than 460,000 people have been killed in cartel-related violence (CFR, 2025). Nearly two decades later, the violence has intensified rather than diminished. In 2025,...