Trump’s Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation: Regional Impact and U.S. Strategic Calculus
In November 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order directing federal agencies to begin the process of classifying selected Muslim Brotherhood chapters in Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon as foreign terrorist organizations and specially designated global terrorists. The order instructs Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to produce an intelligence-driven report […]
Militarisation of Police in the Americas: Counter-Terrorism or Domestic Repression?
In recent decades, police militarisation in the Americas has been increasing which is a result of a mix of counter-terrorism imperatives, organized crime compulsions as well as political exigencies to deliver visible security answers. This is particularly noticeable in the United States, where the 1033 Program of the Department of Defense has been giving local […]
Radicalisation Behind Bars in the Americas: From Gangs to Terror Cells
Radicalisation occurring within prisons is still gaining momentum in the Americas as North, Central and South American prisons grapple with keeping ideological penetration at bay. Most security agencies have come to consider correctional facilities as risky breeding sites where criminal gangs and extremist formations come together to structure themselves into hybrid organizations that can be […]
Transnational organized crime and terrorism overlaps in Central and South America
The transnational organized crime and terrorism intersections keep on redefining the security environment in Central and South America via a growing network of networks. By the year 2025, these hybrid structures have embraced strategic cooperation frameworks that are based on mutual financial interests, geographical consolidation and operational comfort. The ideologically or criminally divided groups are […]
U.S. Designations of Anarchist Groups: Strategic Counterterrorism or Political Posturing?
The U.S. designations of anarchist groups in late 2025 mark one of the most consequential expansions of Washington’s counterterrorism doctrine in recent years. Four groups based in Europe: Antifa Ost, Italy’s FAI/FRI, Armed Proletarian Justice, and Revolutionary Class Self-Defense in Greece were added to the Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) list after a series of intelligence […]
Eco-Terrorism in the Americas: Radical Environmental Movements and Security Risks
Groups of radical environmental actors who engage in acts of pipeline sabotage still characterize eco-terrorism in the Americas. The energy infrastructure is also one of the targets that are considered central because of the symbolic and strategic value. Sabotage is aimed at interrupting the activities in fossil fuels, ruining corporate interests, as well as bringing […]
Cryptocurrency and Extremism in the Americas: Financing Terror in the Digital Age
Cryptocurrency and extremism in the Americas is no longer on the fringes of speculation but the main security issue, as digital assets find their way into the radical operations. Within the past ten years, there is technological change that transformed the methods in which the extremist networks access, store, and transfer funds, making them less […]
Criminalizing Dissent? The Take on Trump’s terrorism charges against antifa protesters
Among the most debatable legal actions that were promoted by the Trump administration is the terrorism prosecution of those who were suspected of having ties to the so-called antifa. This was in response to the earlier executive order of President Donald Trump in the same year of 2020 that recognized antifa as a domestic terrorist […]
More Than $36 Million in FEMA Funds on Hold: Impacts on Colorado’s Security
In 2025, a setback of the homeland security and emergency management in Colorado is severe with more than $36.5 million of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants still frozen. The suspension is after a mix of a long-term federal government shutdown and legal wrangles applied on immigration-related conditions to the Department of Homeland Security […]
Trump Reverses $187M Funding Cuts for New York’s Counterterrorism Security
In October 2025, President Donald Trump rescinded a reduction of the federal amount of funding to New York City counterterrorism and homeland security programs of 187 million. The initial one, which was a work initiated by the Department of Homeland Security and was not directly under presidential supervision, started the rapid and widespread scandal among […]