The Watch - Homeland Defense

DIÁLOGO ILLUSTRATION DIÁLOGO AMERICAS A new government report highlights the infiltration of three Mexican drug cartels — the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Los Zetas and the Sinaloa Cartel — into Colombia. The report by Colombia’s Ombudsman Office, “The Contrasts of Humanitarian Reality,” says the organizations have become embedded in the…

The Royal Bahamas Defence Force patrol boats worked with the U.S. Coast Guard to disrupt a drug-smuggling vessel near Long Island in the Bahamas in August 2024.…

Chinese-style lions guard the entrance to the People’s Republic of China’s scientific station in Norway’s Svalbard archipelago. The PRC’s increased activity in…

U.S. and partner nations participating in PANAMAX 2024 tour the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Minneapolis-Saint at the conclusion of PANAMAX 2024 on…

Canada announced the construction of a quick-reaction facility in Quebec that will house 32 new CF-35A fighter jets. The rendering depicts the facility, which…

Royal Bahamas Defence Force members participate in a Women, Peace and Security meeting in the United States in February 2024. The RBDF celebrated its largest…

The U.S. Department of Defense released its 2024 Arctic Strategy in July. The 28-page document calls for increased investment and bolstering alliances in an…

The HMCS Windsor, shown here in making its initial voyage for Canada in 2001, is one of four 1980s-era British submarines acquired by Canada that are now…

Kenyan police officers arrive in Haiti in July 2024 as part of a U.N. security mission to reestablish law and order. The Royal Bahamas Defence Force will assist…