Pulse: Latin America


Testimony on Venezuela to the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere

I am sharing my recent testimony on the role of Russia and China in Venezuela, to the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere. The testimony is available at the website of the Subcommittee for the Western Hemisphere at http://docs.house.gov/meetings/FA/FA07/20170913/106398/HHRG-115-FA07-Wst....

Gangs, Guns, Drugs and Islamic Foreign Fighters: Security Challenges in Trinidad and Tobago

I am sharing my latest work on security challenges in Trinidad and Tobago, based on interviews with security experts in the country during my recent trip to Port of Spain. This report originally appeared in Global Americans.

From August 24-31, 2017, I had the opportunity to travel to Trinidad and Tobago, just off the north coast of South America, to speak with defense and security experts regarding the challenges facing their country and the work of the government to confront them.

The Collapse of Venezuela and Its Impact on the Region

This report was originally published by Military Review.

The Dominican Republic: Security challenges, government responses and recommendations for the U.S.

This report originaloly appeared in Latin America Goes Global.

Panama’s Recognition of the PRC: Strategic Implications and Recommendations for the U.S.

This report originally appeared in Latin America Goes Global.

Chinese Advances and Setbacks in Colombia

This report originally appeared in IndraStra Global, translated and adapted from an opinion, originally published in Spanish by the Strategic Studies Institute of the Mexican Navy (Instituto de Investigaciones Estratégicas de la Armada de México)/

Introduction

Ecuador Under President Moreno: Rethinking the U.S. Relationship with Latin America's Left

The inauguration of Lenin Moreno as Ecuador’s new President on May 24th creates an opportunity for the United States to reconstruct its relationship with Latin America’s left. It’s a new relationship that the U.S. should pursue with a combination of respect and great caution.

Strategic Insights: Caribbean Security Issues

This report was originally published by the U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute.

INTRODUCTION

Outside of military, law enforcement, and some academic circles, security issues are rarely part of the discourse about the Caribbean. Yet, during the Cold War, the region’s contiguity with the United States made its largest island, Cuba, the focal point of the world’s closest publicly known approximation to nuclear war.

The Evolution of Transnational Organized Crime in Peru

This report was originally published in Latin America Goes Global, May 4, 2017.

In March 2017, Carmen Masais, head of Peru’s counterdrug organization DEVIDA, reported that the nation had 55,000 hectares of coca under cultivation, an amount higher than that estimated by the U.S., and more than 36% greater than that calculated by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

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