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On SecurityJan 14, 2020 | 09:00 GMT
The drug cartels have the means and the opportunity to use vehicle bombs, but a desire to avoid blowback has sapped their motive to do so.
Why Don't Mexico's Cartels Use Vehicle Bombs?
The long-term consequences of being labeled narcoterrorist groups, and possibly turning the population against them, has outweighed the short-term benefit for Mexican cartels of using vehicle bombs in their struggles with authorities and each other.
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On GeopoliticsApr 26, 2018 | 03:00 GMT
In this photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the Chemical Material Institute of the Academy of Defense Science at an undisclosed location.
Can North Korea Really Give Up Its Nukes?
Ahead of the landmark inter-Korean summit, North Korea has offered to shutter its nuclear test site, suspend intercontinental ballistic missile and nuclear weapons tests, and ultimately denuclearize the Korean Peninsula. Although it was framed in ambiguous terms, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's announcement serves to set up both the meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae In and the subsequent sit-down with U.S. President Donald Trump. A year ago, it appeared as if nothing would get North Korea to budge on its nuclear weapons program and its insistence on being recognized as a nuclear state. Now, it is making numerous public "concessions" even before it sits down with South Korean and U.S. leaders. It is little surprise, then, that there is quite a bit of confusion over just what North Korea wants, what it is willing to do, and whether the North Korean leadership can be trusted to stick
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Coping With a Nuclear North Korea
Contributor PerspectivesApr 18, 2018 | 09:00 GMT
South Korean soldiers stand on duty at the Demilitarized Zone along the 38th parallel, the line distinguishing North Korea from South Korea.
Falling Into Old Habits at the 38th Parallel
After this year's Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang ended, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un issued a call to "write a new history" of the Korean Peninsula's unification. I doubt that this column is what he had in mind, but a look at Korea's history over the long term does cast fresh light on its divisions. The North-South divide is not, in fact, an artificial and interim arrangement. Rather, North-South divides have characterized Korea for most of the last 6,000 years. Geopolitics has always answered the questions of whether and where the peninsula would be divided.
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AssessmentsNov 10, 2011 | 13:19 GMT
Mexico Security Memo
Mexico Security Memo: AFO Continuing To Lose Power in Tijuana
With the arrest of a top AFO enforcer, the Sinaloa Federation continues to strengthen its grip in Tijuana. Meanwhile, the killing of a mayor in Michoacan state shows just how susceptible local officials are to cartel pressure. (With STRATFOR interactive map)
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AssessmentsMay 10, 2011 | 14:55 GMT
Mexico Security Memo
Mexico Security Memo: May 10, 2011
Following gunbattles between federal troops and unidentified gunmen in Matamoros, cartel roadblocks in the area suggest the involvement of Los Zetas. (With STRATFOR interactive map)
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