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Wildlife Trafficking And Poaching: Contemporary Context And Dynamics For Security Cooperation And Military Assistance, Christopher Jasparro Sep 2018

Wildlife Trafficking And Poaching: Contemporary Context And Dynamics For Security Cooperation And Military Assistance, Christopher Jasparro

CIWAG Case Studies

Wildlife Trafficking and Poaching: Contemporary Context and Dynamics for Security Cooperation and Military Assistance, by Dr. Christopher Jasparro, examines the impact wildlife crime has played on exacerbating the delicate security situation in Africa, and the effectiveness of the security cooperation and assistance programs that have formed as a result. Wildlife crime has become a significant international security issue as poaching is used to fund terrorism, drug trades, and other illicit activities that destabilize local African governments and endanger vulnerable species. Wildlife crime is complex and varied with no individual solution. To combat this growing issue, plans and programs carefully …

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Our Special Correspondent, Geoffrey Wawro Apr 2018

Our Special Correspondent, Geoffrey Wawro

Naval War College Review

Although the United States must think and deploy strategically in every hemisphere, it is here in its own that it confronts some of the greatest challenges to American peace and prosperity. Richly provided with energy, farmlands, potable water, and other natural resources, Latin Americans have nevertheless stumbled from one failed regime to another, often looking to fulfill the words of the real author of the Monroe Doctrine, John Quincy Ad- ams, who saw in 1823 a continent “stamped with arbitrary power and civil dissension,” far more likely to become “a domicile of despotism” than “a house of freedom.”

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U.S. Policy On Small Arms And Light Weapons, Loretta Bondì Mar 2018

U.S. Policy On Small Arms And Light Weapons, Loretta Bondì

Naval War College Review

This article reviews the development of U.S. policy on controlling the prolif- eration of small arms before, during, and after the 2001 United Nations Con- ference on the Illicit Trafficking of Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects. It chronicles the policy’s evolution from the formulations of the William J. Clinton administration to those of its successor. It argues that despite this changing of the guard, the main tenets of the policy have remained largely un- changed, and that the United States has failed to take leadership on this issue, adopting instead a minimalist approach—and correspondingly small expendi- …

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Maritime Information-Sharing Strategy, Alberto A. Soto Mar 2018

Maritime Information-Sharing Strategy, Alberto A. Soto

Naval War College Review

Information sharing is a fundamental requirement for meeting most of the current challenges of international maritime security. During the gather- ing of naval and maritime authorities at the nineteenth International Sea Power Symposium, held during October 2009 at the U.S. Naval War College, this topic captured the attention of most of the international representatives. It has become obvious that, together with globalization, the multiple threats and challenges of the maritime environment have assumed a transnational nature and require a coordinated effort to address them.

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Emc Chair Symposium - Maritime Strategy - Working Papers, The U.S. Naval War College Mar 2016

Emc Chair Symposium - Maritime Strategy - Working Papers, The U.S. Naval War College

EMC Chair Symposia

This third maritime centric EMC Chair Symposium is a follow up to the release of the 2015 “Cooperative Strategy for 21st century Seapower.” The symposium will explore maritime strategy, concepts essential to implement the maritime strategy, and international reactions to it. Participants from DOD, academia, and the policy community will convene in Newport to discuss force development, maritime warfare, role of technology, and humanitarian assistance. The implications are important for understanding the types of missions combatant commanders will execute and the types of equipment and training the sea services must provide to support these missions. This symposium in part fulfills …

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Actual And Future Threats Emaniting From The Commons: A Chiliean Approach, Francisca Moller, Jorge Balaresque Aug 2007

Actual And Future Threats Emaniting From The Commons: A Chiliean Approach, Francisca Moller, Jorge Balaresque

International Law Studies

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Latin American Security Challenges, Paul D. Taylor Jan 2004

Latin American Security Challenges, Paul D. Taylor

Newport Papers

Two major trends in recent years have altered the context of discussions of security issues in the Western Hemisphere and made new assessments imperative. The first trend is the erosion of the euphoria of the early 1990s, when the apparent success of elections in most countries of the Americas seemed to herald a new democratic era, and market-oriented economic reforms promised greater prosperity throughout the region. Regrettably, the past decade has seen a profound disillusionment, as the promises of freedom, prosperity, and greater social and economic progress have not been realized at a rate sufficient to convince citizens that their …

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Index Volume 61 Role Of International Law And An Evolving Ocean Law Jan 1980