{"id":30563,"date":"2017-02-16T13:54:26","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T02:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?p=30563"},"modified":"2017-02-16T13:54:26","modified_gmt":"2017-02-16T02:54:26","slug":"national-security-wrap-54","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/national-security-wrap-54\/","title":{"rendered":"National security wrap"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Beat<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ice on the airwaves<\/em><\/p>\n

There\u2019s interesting discussion this week in light of Ice Wars<\/a>, ABC\u2019s provocative TV series. While acknowledging the impressive and compassionate police work on display, many pundits find the show\u2019s rhetoric troubling<\/a>. Some, like Dr Nicole Lee, head of Curtin University\u2019s National Drug Research Institute<\/a>, argue that the perception of an ice epidemic is false and that the associated fear creates unnecessary stigma<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This discussion will need to be far-reaching: in Darwin, a coronial inquest heard that \u2018police lacked clear strategy<\/a>\u2019 in an ice-fuelled and eventually fatal pursuit with youths last year.<\/p>\n

The Queensland Government is taking this to heart\u2014the draft plan Action on Ice<\/a> was just released and is now open for discussion regarding the effectiveness of existing initiatives, community-led efforts, and potential gaps in the proposals.<\/p>\n

Countering Transnational Crime<\/em><\/p>\n

The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime<\/a> has recently released a webinar series focused on innovative counters<\/a> to human trafficking. After an overview of hi-tech and entrepreneurial solutions, we heard about the technology used to detect labour trafficking and exploitation<\/a>. The latest instalment, \u2018The Private Sector Countering Human Trafficking<\/a>\u2019, will hit their site next week. If you\u2019re in Australia, set your alarms<\/a> and load up on the coffee. In the meantime, here\u2019s some substitute reading from RAND: \u2018Counternetwork: Countering the Expansion of Transnational Criminal Networks<\/a>.\u2019<\/p>\n

CT Scan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Entrepreneurial jihad <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018Functioning as consultants, arms dealers, and, on occasion, elite warriors,\u2019 it seems jihad is delving into the world of private military contractors (PMCs). Foreign Policy<\/em> discusses the creation of Malhama Tactical<\/a>, the world\u2019s first\u00a0combined jihadi, PMC and consulting firm. The organisation is headed by a 24-year-old trained fighter from Uzbekistan. Since it was launched in May 2016 the group has already had \u2018brisk business\u2019 with Jabhat Fateh al-Sham and the Turkistan Islamic Party (both operating in Syria), as well as an Uighur extremist group from China\u2019s restive Xinjiang province; they are the first PMC to work exclusively for extremist groups. Jihad went global<\/a> long before Malhama Tactical, but \u2018rarely with so entrepreneurial a spirit\u2019.<\/p>\n

Women in CT<\/em><\/p>\n

Readers, please meet Aisha Bakari Gombi<\/a>, former wild animal hunter from north-east Nigeria, current Queen Hunter of Boko Haram (BH), arguably the world\u2019s deadliest terrorist organisation<\/a>. While most of those fighting BH are men, Aisha is among a small group of females recruited on a formal basis<\/a> by the Nigerian Army.<\/p>\n

Readers should also check out this awesome commentary by another woman kicking butt in the CT sphere \u2013a new report<\/a> by ASPI\u2019s very own Sofia Patel<\/a> looks at the role of women in perpetrating and preventing violent extremism.<\/p>\n

Checkpoint<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pakistan expels Afghan refugees<\/em><\/p>\n

600,000 Afghan migrants and refugees have been evicted from Pakistan since July 2016, says Human Rights Watch (HRW) in its landmark report<\/a>, shining a light on the government\u2019s concerted campaign. Pakistan\u2019s hosted Afghan refugees for decades, but now the government\u2019s citing security concerns<\/a> for their expulsion. Returnees are joining the estimated 1.5 million already internally displaced inside Afghanistan, 625,000 of whom were displaced in 2016 alone. HRW has condemned the UNHCR\u2019s active and passive complicity <\/a>in the deportations.<\/p>\n

China beefs up its border security<\/em><\/p>\n

The Chinese government announced last week that it\u2019d be storing all foreigners\u2019 biometric data<\/a> upon arrival. China\u2019s Ministry of Public Security said that data would be stored for official use, but didn\u2019t verify whether it\u2019d be shared across government agencies. However, this policy excludes residents from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. China joins 24 other countries<\/a> that already employ the practice, for which one of the justifications is counterterrorism<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mexico\u2019s agile drug cartels<\/em><\/p>\n

Read Paul Kan\u2019s breakdown in War on the Rocks<\/em><\/a> about how Mexico\u2019s drug cartels will outsmart Trump\u2019s proposed border protection policies, and inadvertently thrive. They have their own sophisticated STEM program to thank\u2014\u2018surveillance, trafficking, extortion and murder\u2019, complete with technical experts developing bespoke \u2018narco-drones\u2019 to deliver the goods.<\/p>\n

First Responder <\/strong><\/p>\n

Damned dam<\/em><\/p>\n

The risk of a spillway failure at California\u2019s Oroville dam appears to have stabilised<\/a>, and people are returning to their homes after the evacuation order was lifted. But, discussion rages on about the broader implications for US dam infrastructure<\/a> and future spending<\/a>. For a deeper dive into the history of the dam and why it may have been \u2018cursed from the start\u2019<\/a>, read this<\/a> interesting piece from The Atlantic. <\/em><\/p>\n

Choose your own tsunami <\/em><\/p>\n

Pacific Rim countries are testing the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System this week during PacWave17<\/a>. The exercise<\/a> aims to test states\u2019 capacity to deal with a major tsunami and to identify potential shortcomings in the warning system. Exercises simulate different scenarios<\/a> for earthquakes off the coasts of Chile and Peru, Columbia and Ecuador, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu, allowing states<\/a> to choose<\/a> a distant or regional event that will significantly impact it. Good job, too\u2014about 76%<\/a> of deadly tsunamis occur in the Pacific Ocean and connected seas.<\/p>\n

Pod people <\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s always good to have a back-up plan, and if tsunami warning systems fail there is always a tsunami pod<\/a>. Invented by an aerospace engineer, the pod is made of aircraft-grade aluminium, has a watertight marine door, a ceramic lining, and sports bulletproof glass\u2014all for the cool price of US$13,500.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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