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Bullets: Going Down the Cartel Rabbit Hole

ByRon P. SchweryMay 12, 2026

It has been a long time since I put together a ‘Bullets’ post and since this morning’s article and the work updating the Additional Sources page I figures what the heck. May as well write a short post going down the cartel rabbit hole. Peru’s Fujimori

ByRon P. SchweryMay 12, 2026

I’ve got two completely unrelated media you should check out today. The latest video from Cappy Army is your must-watch video of the day. In it, he discusses a more intrusive level of US involvement in counter-narcotics across the Americas and the larger trend

ByRon P. SchweryJanuary 31, 2025

I have been thinking about the China, Great Power Competition and the South China Sea for quite some time and, honestly, have written quite a bit about this topic since I started this project. You can search China and see the many examples, but for easy reference you can go

ByRon P. SchweryJanuary 30, 2025

Are you looking for something new to listen to? This week there are simply too many good podcasts not to discuss them. So instead of multiple posts, I thought I would just consolidate them into one place so you can pick and choose to your liking. I have not yet listened to

ByRon P. SchweryFebruary 1, 2022

Resistance is the unifying theme of the day as it takes all forms in stories from around the world. We could consult the bible of Resistance from ARIS Studies but we will stick to the headlines. Did you know there was a breakaway province in Moldova? I didn’t but does it

ByRon P. SchweryJanuary 26, 2022

It is not every day that the headlines are filled with articles that cover the intersection of Good Governance, Terrorism and Great Power Competition (actually it probably is) but for Today’s Daily Dump, that is where we will focus. To demonstrate the convergence of the

ByRon P. SchweryJune 7, 2021

Over the weekend I had a good bit of windshield time which allowed me to get caught up on some podcasts and here is one that I could not more highly recommend. It tells the story of the Kurdish Women’s Protection Units and how they were a key element in the fight

ByRon P. SchweryMarch 24, 2021

It is no secret that the military has tried to move on from the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. I think we are working on the third president that has vowed to end the conflicts there but for various reasons we just can quit them. My very unscientific polling

ByRon P. SchweryFebruary 27, 2021

Once again it appears the Iraq is caught in the middle. This time, they are stuck between Turkey and Iran in a battle for influence in Sinjar province. Al Monitor reports that in their attempt to further push out the PKK, Turkey is increasingly focused on Iraq’s Sinjar

ByRon P. SchweryFebruary 26, 2021

It has been quite sometime since we have posted here and there is A LOT going on in the world. So, to re-start things, I thought we should provide an update to a story we brought you in November which you can find here. When we last reported, Ethiopia was poised to send

Category: Insurgencies

Bullets: Going Down the Cartel Rabbit Hole

In Defense of the Homeland: Hunting Cartels in Mexico and Defending Your Heritage

Maritime Counterinsurgency or Maritime Insurgency – Which approach should the Philippines Embrace?

Too Many Good Podcasts Not to Discuss: Update

Daily Dump: Resistance, Vultures and More – February 1, 2022

Daily Dump: The Intersection of Terrorism,Good Governance and Great Power Competition, Not One Inch, Genocide, Citizen Resistance and More – January 24-26, 2022

Girl Power: An Irregular Warfare Podcast about Kick Ass Kurdish Women

A New Initiative at The Modern War Institute

Iraq – Caught in the Middle

Update: What is Going on in Ethiopia?

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