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A Washington-based policy research organization that has provided detailed analysis of the Shield of the Americas gathering and its implications for countering Chinese influence in the Western Hemisphere. - 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 at his Doral resort in Miami to launch the 'Shield of the Americas,' a framework for coordinated military and intelligence operations against drug cartels, and announced the Americas Counter-Cartel Coalition, a pledge from 17 countries to use lethal military force against transnational criminal organizations.
Updated Yesterday
Washington-based policy research organization analyzing defense and international security issues. - Providing independent satellite imagery analysis
No country has acknowledged conducting a nuclear test since 1998. But on February 6, 2026, the United States accused China of secretly breaking that taboo—claiming Beijing detonated a nuclear device at its Lop Nur test site in June 2020 and masked the explosion using underground caverns that muffle seismic waves.
Updated Feb 18
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