North America

This theater focuses on the evolving domestic threat landscape in the United States and Canada. Analysis prioritizes sUAS (drone) incursion vulnerabilities over critical infrastructure, the monitoring of foreign-sponsored subversion vectors, and the degradation of localized security responses to asymmetric threats.

US-Syria Negotiatons

As the United States begins its troop drawdown/withdrawal from Syria, they have also informed the Syrian regime, through a mid-level US official during diplomatic meetings in Brussels.

The conditions are designed to test the intentions of President Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the self-appointed leader of Syria since the overthrow of the Bashar al-Assad government in December 2024. US officials are still very cautious about trusting his regime due to the injustices and attacks that have been carried out by government forces on minorities since he took power.

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US Hospital Threat Assessment

The threat assessment presented below is to advise and assist hospitals and trauma centers in preparing for an upcoming terrorist attack orchestrated by Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), as a prelude to a secondary attack by al Qaeda.

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Washington’s Diplomatic Duplicity

Targeting Pakistan’s ballistic missile program, the U.S. State Department has designated four (04) foreign entities under Executive Order 13382 for proliferating missile-applicable equipment and technology.

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Pakistan’s Thin Line of Defence

The identified deficiencies within Pakistan’s intelligence services span a spectrum of crucial domains. Firstly, the lack of effective preventive measures highlights a fundamental weakness in proactive intelligence gathering and preemptive action. Despite purported warnings issued to targeted individuals, the inability to forestall these operations reveals a critical gap in Pakistan’s security architecture.

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US Failures in Afghanistan

Let’s recall our memories of a speech of a senior Pak Army official that he delivered as the chief guest at a military educational institution in Rawalpindi on India’s Republic Day in 2014, asserting that India poses no greater threat to Pakistan but extremism/terrorism does.

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The “Ground Realities” of Pakistan

Let’s recall our memories of a speech of a senior Pak Army official that he delivered as the chief guest at a military educational institution in Rawalpindi on India’s Republic Day in 2014, asserting that India poses no greater threat to Pakistan but extremism/terrorism does.

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America Thinks Pakistan Should Do More

Let’s recall our memories of a speech of a senior Pak Army official that he delivered as the chief guest at a military educational institution in Rawalpindi on India’s Republic Day in 2014, asserting that India poses no greater threat to Pakistan but extremism/terrorism does.

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The US Dilemma

Let’s recall our memories of a speech of a senior Pak Army official that he delivered as the chief guest at a military educational institution in Rawalpindi on India’s Republic Day in 2014, asserting that India poses no greater threat to Pakistan but extremism/terrorism does.

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The US Does Not Want to Leave Afghanistan

Amid ruckus and mayhem in Afghanistan, top US officials, Defense Secretary James Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, have given a good account of what is the offing for the country. The day president Ghani offered an olive branch to the Taliban, James Mattis rejected the very idea.

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US Takes Step Towards Embrace of Gulf Plan to Destabilize Iran

The Trump administration this week appeared to take a potential step closer to backing efforts plotted by Saudi Arabia and the UAE to destabilize Iran; possibly topple its Islamic government; and force Qatar to fall into line with Gulf policies that target Iran, political Islam, and militants; with the appointment of a seasoned covert operations officer as head of the Central Intelligence Agency’s Iran operations.

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Bullying Pakistan With Sanctions Doesn’t Work

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) of the G7 countries has threatened Pakistan with sanctions if it “fails to comply with necessary actions against terrorism” (Corr,2017). It has, rather magnanimously, given Pakistan three months’ time to comply or else face the music.

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Improving US-Pakistan Relations

This Haqqani Network, consisting of Husain Haqqani, Christine Fair and Bruce Riedel, operates outside Pakistan to damage and weaken Pakistan’s armed forces and intelligence structure.

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Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

For Pakistan’s government, military and people, there are core interests in US foreign and development policy. We, as a nation, are still fighting the scourge of terrorism carried out in Pakistan domestically and from neighboring countries.

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