Security

China-Cuba cooperation in security and law enforcement

September 1, 2010

The Chinese government expects to increase cooperation with Cuba in security and law enforcement stated Zhou Yongkang, an important leader of the Chinese Communist Party. “We should work together to safeguard in a joint manner the security and interests of both nations,” said Zhou, member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, in [...]

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CIA director and Cuban soap operas

July 27, 2009

Last September, Gen. Michael Hayden (Director, Central Intelligence Agency) addressed the ODNI Open Source Conference in Washington, D.C. about the importance of open source intelligence collection. General Hayden made an interesting anecdote (as follows) about his visit to a Key West open source facility wherein he watched a Cuban program and observed what analysts were [...]

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Shake-up: top ministers replaced (Updated)

March 2, 2009

Via AP: Cuba abruptly replaced some of its most powerful and visible officials on Monday, including Vice President Carlos Lage and Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque. The surprise shakeup, involving about 10 top officials, was announced at the end of the midday newscast by Cuba’s supreme governing body, the Council of State. Among others replaced [...]

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Among DoD’s priority countries

February 28, 2009

The Joint Forces Quarterly 2nd Quarter 2009 issue is now available and focuses on a strategic global outlook thematic. The journal is published by the National Defense University Press for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and is the Chairman’s flagship joint military and security studies journal. One of the articles in this [...]

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U.S. Army colonel calls for abolishment of embargo

February 16, 2009

Colonel Alexander Crowther, a Research Professor of National Security Studies in the Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, has written an editorial titled: “Kiss the Embargo Goodbye” for SSI’s monthly newsletter calling for the end of the U.S. embargo against Cuba. He has written prior editorials and papers on Cuba and its military. Col. [...]

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Regional security in the Americas

September 3, 2008

The Eighth Defense Ministerial of the Americas: End of the Line? by Ray Walser Heritage Foundation The Canadian government will host the Eighth Defense Ministerial of the Americas (DMA) September 2

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