Russia’s global alliance with drug cartels and Islamic terrorists

Sanctioned state actors (such as Russia, Iran, North Korea and Venezuela) have few options with whom to do business, something they have in common with illegal non-state actors (be they drug cartels, Islamist terrorists and other radical actors) . ideological terrorists), which has enabled a growing global alliance between rogue states and others who share their vision of undermining the West and disrupting the post-World War II world order they so despise.

Our guest, Emanuele Ottolenghi, argues that due to a lack of strong action and determination, the US has allowed these groups to become increasingly active internationally and on their doorsteps. The rise of illegal immigration and Mexico’s worsening drug wars are increasingly bleeding across the border and killing Americans.

The leading expert on this global and nefarious confederation is Dr. Ottolenghi, who joined Kyiv Post for this important interview. According to the biography of Dr. Ottolenghi at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, where he is a Senior Scholar, “Dr. Emanuele Ottolenghi is a senior fellow at FDD and an expert at FDD’s Center on Economic and Financial Power (CEFP), focusing on Hezbollah’s Latin views .US illicit threat networks and Iran’s history of sanctions evasion. His research has examined Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including its ties to the country’s energy sector and procurement networks -Israeli conflict and Israel’s domestic politics Before joining FDD , Emanuele headed the Transatlantic Institute in Brussels and taught Israel Studies at St. Antony’s College, Oxford University.