Senior advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Juan Carlos Zarate was a Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism during the George W. Bush administration. He currently serves as Senior Adviser at the think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies, Transnational Threats Project.
How Poaching Funds Terrorism The biggest targets of poaching in Africa are elephants and rhinos, which, unlike lions, are endangered and on the way to extinction. During his recent trip to Kenya, President Obama announced more restrictions on the sale and trade of ivory in the U.S. But poaching has surged in Africa over the last decade, and terrorist groups are a big reason—they are now using money made from poaching to fund terrorism.
Microdosing This is Rob Long and on today’s Martini Shot I hypothetically and with names changed, explore some of the ways writers get scripts written, from Adderall to ten micrograms of LSD, everything but just sitting down and doing the work.
Being a Ghost Story of Christmas When you enter the Geffen Playhouse for “A Christmas Carol” it feels like you may have entered a victorian funeral home. The lights are dim, there’s a waft of fog blowing on stage and what appears to be a coffin surrounded by black floral arrangements. It’s spooky. It feels like you’re about to hear a ghost story. Which you are.