Carrots Without Sticks in Petro’s Total Peace Policy
Petro’s Total Peace policy’s lackluster results stem from bad timing and a poor negotiation structure with insurgent and criminal groups.
Sergio Guzman
February 5, 2024
Finding a New Way Forward for U.S.-El Salvador Relations
Nayib Bukele’s imminent reelection represents an opportunity for the United States to find new—and politically viable—approaches to public security in the region.
Jeffrey Zinsmeister
February 2, 2024
Explaining and Predicting Ecuador’s Security Crisis
As the violence spirals out of control, we analyze the implications for Ecuador, its government, and narco-trafficking across the region.
Global Americans Staff
January 12, 2024
What Can U.S. Policymakers Learn from Mexico’s Attacks on Academia?
This power grab will likely gut the Mexican research and development capacity it seeks to protect—politicizing research doesn’t exactly have a stellar track record of success, especially when paired with cuts to already underfunded research budgets.
Jeffrey Zinsmeister
January 8, 2024
For Mexico’s Economy To Grow, Security Issues Need To Be Addressed
Until Mexico reduces the risk of cargo truck hijacking, the country is likely to miss out on billions of dollars of potential new foreign investment.
Mark Vickers
January 4, 2024
A Global Americans Review of Authoritarian Police in Democracy, Contested Security in Latin America
Yanilda María González’s book examines why it is so difficult to reform Latin America’s police forces.
William Godnick
December 27, 2023
Chile’s Di Lampedusa Strategy: After Years of Debate, Has Anything Changed?
This is the dirty little secret of recent Chilean history: the agreement to change everything will end up changing nothing.
Robert Funk
December 15, 2023
Chile Shifts Rightward on the Eve of Another Constitutional Vote
With so many Chileans willing to limit rights to solve the country’s security problems, the main question for the future seems to be who will reap the benefits of the country’s malaise, Chile’s traditional right or a hard-right autocrat.
Cynthia Arnson
December 14, 2023
The Essequibo Dispute: Colonial Roots and Modern Implications
The territorial dispute between Venezuela and Guyana over the Essequibo region is a conflict that stretches back centuries, with its roots in the colonial era but with implications that extend to the present day.
Paula Gomes
December 1, 2023
Would Venezuela Really Invade Essequibo?
The world should not dismiss aggression as impossible. Deterrence against a low-probability threat is cheaper than responding once aggression has begun.
Evan Ellis
November 30, 2023