Latin America
What Latin America Can Teach Trump about Tariffs
The theory of Import Substitution Industrialization (ISI), and the high tariffs that went with it, brought about economic dysfunction and stagnation to the region. Back in the 1950s, Latin American...
A Better Way To Handle The Panama Canal
Trump and his team are right to recognize Panama’s strategic importance, but they are wrong in how they are approaching the issue. During his inaugural address in January, President Trump...
America-China Economic Competition in Latin America is Not a Zero-Sum Game
Despite the dog-eat-dog mentality of international politics, the America-China competition in Latin America is not a game where there can be only one winner. In his first official international trip...
Trump’s Agenda Will Rise or Fall with the Americas
It’s clear the “America First” agenda will not ultimately succeed without getting the Americas right. Secure borders. Controlled migration. Stopping fentanyl. Lowering inflation. Winning the innovation race. Building safe and...
Israel’s Parliamentary Diplomacy with Latin America
Editor’s Note: A version of this article appeared in the Jerusalem Post. It is reprinted here with permission from that publication. Following Hamas’s barbaric massacre on October 7, Colombia, Chile,...
Canada Can Help the U.S. in Latin America
When U.S. analysts discuss Inter-American affairs, they often focus on U.S. relations with Latin American and the Caribbean nations. The United States rarely looks to the North in its engagements...
Costa Rica’s Cautionary Tale of Chinese Engagement
By offering massive infrastructure investment and access to Chinese consumers, Beijing has secured a substantial foothold across the Americas. However, as the Chinese economy slows due to the limits of...
The Global South, Latin America, and the U.S. Interest
The Russo-Ukrainian War and the Gaza-Israel conflict have brought an uneasy reawakening of the differing strategic interests of the “Global South” and “Global North.” Although the term “Global South” is...
Choosing Sides: Argentina’s New Chapter with NATO
Argentina’s recent decision to purchase F-16 jets from Denmark, its request to join NATO as a “global partner,” and the pressure exerted on the Chinese-run deep space station in the...
Marco Rubio: Building a Pro-America Future in our Hemisphere
Our region is currently experiencing at least six major crises. These range from unprecedented mass migration at the U.S. southern border to the complete breakdown of social order in Haiti...
Putting the Pep in U.S.-Hemispheric Relations
On March 6, 2024, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) and U.S. Representatives Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) and Adriano Espalillat (D-NY) introduced the “Americas Trade and Investment...
How Ukraine Fits into Latin America’s Contradictory Foreign Policies
The formula for a successful foreign policy—with substance, significance, and results—lies in aligning the state’s strategic interests with the nation’s founding principles. That is to say, policymakers’ decisions aimed at...