Category: The Americas

25 Articles

East Asia & Indo-Pacific
Environment and Biosecurity
The Americas

PRC’s Renewed Soft Power Strategy and U.S. Global Health Security Efforts in Latin America

When Joseph Nye coined the term “soft power” in 1990, he could not have known how strongly the People’s Republic of China (PRC) would buy into the concept; China’s leader…

December 16, 2022

Terrorism & Transnational Threats
The Americas

Colombia’s New President Is Right: The U.S. Can End The War On Drugs By Changing The Focus Of Its Counternarcotics Strategy

Recently, Colombia’s newly inaugurated President Gustavo Petro delivered a powerful speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), in which he criticized the…

November 9, 2022

Technology
The Americas

A Lie Will Travel Faster: Election Disinformation And The Threat To Democracies

Former U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull once stated that “[A] lie will gallop halfway round the world before the truth has time to pull its breeches on.” In many ways,…

October 26, 2022

Europe & Central Asia
The Americas

From Russia With Love: The State of Russia’s Influence in the Western Hemisphere Post-Ukraine

On March 2, 2022, the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution to reprimand Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. Of the 181 member states that took part in the,…

October 11, 2022

Intelligence & National Security
The Americas

Mounting A Defense On The Southern Theater: An Analysis Of Russian Propaganda Aimed At U.S.-Mexico Relations

Russia reportedly spent $16 million on propaganda targeting the United States in 2021 to create friction between the United States and its partners in the Western Hemisphere and…

February 14, 2022