Foreign Policy While Mexico defends ‘sovereignty,’ cartels import a flesh-eating parasite into Texas Cartels move an estimated 800,000 cattle per year from Central America into Mexico using fake ear tags and falsified records. As the New World screwworm returns to American soil for the first time since its eradication 60 years ago, Texas is now on the front line of Mexico’s threat to U.S. sovereignty and national security. The return... June 17, 2026
Border Security Broadening Our Threat Perception: Iran’s Texas-Pakistani Network Too many policymakers think of the Iranian regime as solely a Middle Eastern matter. But with attentions focused elsewhere, a powerful network of South Asian Shia Islamists operates with near impunity much closer—across the state of Texas. On March 13, a Pakistani Shia mosque in Houston, named the Ali Center, hosted a commemoration for the... June 2, 2026
Energy & Environment Forecasting the Future of the ERCOT Grid, Part 1: The Ongoing Winter Reliability Challenge Forecasting the Future of the ERCOT Grid, Part 1: The Ongoing Winter Reliability Challenge Written By: Michael Reed and Brent Bennett, Ph.D. Download the full research paper here. Key Points While the operational performance of the ERCOT grid has improved since Winter Storm Uri in 2021, the increasing reliance of the grid on wind, solar,... June 8, 2026