Four Ways the U.S. Can Help Advance Haiti’s Progress
The U.S. can help build on Haiti’s transitional milestones and pave a sustainable path out of Haiti’s long-running crises.
Georges Fauriol
September 13, 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 Managing New Security Threats in the Caribbean
Chami, Teelucksingh, and Anatol have produced a timely and thought-provoking book that has taken a step forward in pulling together broad strands of international developments that are redefining the international security landscape and the Caribbean’s place in these shifts.
Scott B. MacDonald
November 21, 2022
Latin America, Europe and the U.S. must stick together in weathering the COVID-19 storm
Increased dependence on China by both Latin America and the European Union not only generates vulnerabilities for both regions, but also creates strategic risks for the United States.
Evan Ellis
May 28, 2020
Collective Corruption: The Breakdown of Civil Society in Venezuela
Colectivos, or groups of self-organized citizens, have often served to push common causes. In Venezuela, collectives perform the exact opposite function, acting as one of many of Maduro’s tools to divide the country and silence dissenters.
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December 14, 2018
Cutting aid to the Northern Triangle will only create the conditions for more migrants
Cutting aid to Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador would be counter-productive to U.S. interests, but maybe that’s what President Trump wants.
William Naylor
October 24, 2018
The evolution of security challenges in Mexico
Crime and violence have expanded in Mexico as the result of the fragmentation of criminal groups at the same time that it faces the prospect of electing a populist president.
Evan Ellis
March 2, 2018
Violence in Central America: Do no harm, Mr. Trump
Crime and violence in the Northern Triangle is a regional issue that requires a collective response to the structural factors driving it: weak state capacity, corruption within police forces and the judiciary, and insufficient data. Deporting refugees back to the region doesn’t help.
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January 31, 2018
The Dominican Republic: Security challenges, government responses and recommendations for the U.S.
The upcoming withdrawal of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Haiti (MINUSTAH) threatens to add to the security, crime and drug trafficking challenges the Dominican Republic already faces. Here’s how the U.S. can help.
Evan Ellis
July 5, 2017
Brazil’s stateless prisons
The problem often exists far from the public eye, but the severe overcrowding of prisons in Brazil is another example of state weakness.
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May 31, 2017