Category: The Americas

25 Articles

The Americas

Compelling Allies: How Policymakers Can Learn from the U.S. Response to Indian Extrajudicial Killings on Foreign Soil

The United States seems to have caught a particularly nasty case of ‘tail-wagging-the-dog’ syndrome. There are countless examples of U.S. allies demonstrating a high…

October 5, 2024

The Americas

The “Coolest Dictator” and El Loco: The New Latin American Right

Across Latin America, leaders have adopted increasingly bold platforms to propel them into office. Argentinian President Javier Milei campaigned on vows of a much-needed…

June 19, 2024

Race & Security
The Americas

Seeing the Other: Looking Beyond the Politics at the Southwest Border

The Southwest land border, also known as the United States-Mexico border, has been at the forefront of national political attention. Republican leaders have called out Democrats,…

April 11, 2024

Defense
The Americas

The Strategic Rationale for Brazil’s Nuclear Submarine Does Not Hold Water

As the AUKUS security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States continues to make headlines with its nuclear-powered submarines, another non…

November 21, 2023

Environment and Biosecurity
The Americas

Mad Max: Climate Change, the Panama Canal, and U.S. National Security

Rodolfo Sabonge served for 27 years as the Vice President for Planning and Development at the Panama Canal Authority. During the keynote remarks for the annual Climate…

October 31, 2023

Intelligence & National Security
The Americas

Book Review — Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War by Phil Klay

In the Summer of 2021, America watched the evacuation of Afghanistan. Terrifying images of Hamid Karzai International Airport filled our screens almost every day. Marines and…

August 1, 2023

Geoeconomics & Resource Competition
The Americas

The Dragon, the Elephant, and the Jaguar Both Wanted to Tame

Guyana is a kaleidoscope of unresolved mysteries in a continent it barely resembles. The country lies geographically in South America. However, no one with a good knowledge of…

March 27, 2023

The Americas

Venezuela Sanctions: The U.S. Needs to Change its Goals

Between 2017 and 2019, former U.S. President Donald Trump instituted comprehensive economic sanctions against the Nicolás Maduro-led Venezuelan government, cutting off…

March 21, 2023

Intelligence & National Security
The Americas

Psyche Under Siege: America’s Fading Sense of Reality

“Modern wars are waged on the level of consciousness and ideas” — Alexander Vladimirov, 2007. Russia has inherited a perception of truth that is malleable and changeable…

February 10, 2023

Technology
The Americas

The Answers Are Already in Front of Us: On Russian Disinformation

When the Muller Report was released, America did not breathe a sigh of relief. It gasped for more air. Special Counsel Robert Muller did not find that members of the Trump…

February 3, 2023