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Trump builds selective Latin American military coalition to fight cartels and counter China

Force in Play

Published analysis of summit and counter-China strategy

The United States has not built a new military coalition in the Western Hemisphere since the Cold War. On March 7, President Trump gathered leaders from 12 Latin American nations in Miami to launch the 'Shield of the Americas,' a military-intelligence framework against drug cartels, and the Americas Counter-Cartel Coalitionโ€”a 17-country pledge for lethal action against transnational criminal organizations.

Updated May 30

US accuses China of secret nuclear test at Lop Nur

Force in Play

Providing independent satellite imagery analysis

No country has acknowledged conducting a nuclear test since 1998. On February 6, 2026, the United States accused China of secretly breaking that taboo by detonating a nuclear device at its Lop Nur test site in June 2020. Beijing masked the explosion using underground caverns that muffle seismic waves.

Updated May 29