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No More Deaths: The Mexican Border and Immigration Reform

Immigration reform is stalled in Congress.  That’s the bad news. The good news is that we can still put on the pressure for better legislation.

The Presenters will describe what’s actually happening along the Arizona border with Mexico, an intolerable situation rife with abuse, human suffering and death.  They will also cover the Immigration Reform controversy, the “fatal flaws” in proposed legislation and credible efforts to eliminate them.  Not only will they bring to light the truth regarding enforcement enhancement and militarization measures along our border, they will show how these measures have real social and economic consequences for our future.  

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No More Deaths: The Mexican Border and Immigration Reform2019-05-01T14:20:27-07:00

Eyes in the Sky All of Us Can Use: What can they see? . . . How can We Make Global Security Discoveries via the Cloud?

Analysts at various NGOs, universities, and think tanks (as well as arm-chair hobbyists) are playing a leading role in obtaining new information of relevance to global security from a variety of open-source geospatial tools. These tools include Google Earth as well as other satellite imagery from technology companies that come via the internet Cloud. Pabian describes some of the discoveries made by researchers around the globe, discoveries that have only recently become possible as a result of advances in cutting-edge modeling technology and image data that commercial companies have made easily available to the public at nominal or no cost.

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Eyes in the Sky All of Us Can Use: What can they see? . . . How can We Make Global Security Discoveries via the Cloud?2019-05-01T14:20:27-07:00

The European Union: America’s Friend or Foe?

Does America have anything to fear from the new EU? Are our closest allies moving away from trans-Atlantic organizations like NATO and becoming a large, powerful and competing coalition? Can the EU be a partner for American business, diplomacy and socio-economic goals? Is the EU likely to “eat America’s lunch” in the world economy, or drag us down in Europe’s own morass of dubious debt and rampant regulation?

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The European Union: America’s Friend or Foe?2019-05-01T14:20:27-07:00

The Geopolitics of Oil

How do energy, economic and demographic factors affect US foreign policy decision-making as they relate to America’s relations in the Middle East and especially the Israel-Palestinian conflict, Iran and its nuclear challenges as well as their roles within the US government’s inter-agency policy making process?

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The Geopolitics of Oil2019-05-01T14:20:27-07:00

The Fallout from Libya: Al Qaeda in Africa

The power vacuum created by Qadhafi’s fall goes beyond the tragic death of our Ambassador and his colleagues in Benghazi — the same city that the US led coalition saved from rape and pillage.   Religious extremism, terror and crime now thrive within Libya and beyond.   Having destroyed the country of Mali and established a homeland in West Africa from where, violent extremism will spread across the Sahara and North back into Algeria and Libya creating another Afghanistan if we fail to adopt a proactive counter terrorism strategy that will help Africa defeat Al Qaeda.

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The Fallout from Libya: Al Qaeda in Africa2019-05-01T14:20:27-07:00
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