Michael Shifter
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 - 07:51
As Juan Manuel Santos rolls to a second term, can he finally put the war with the FARC to bed?
Monday, April 14, 2014 - 11:35
On the one hand, since its founding in 1948, the OAS has been based in Washington, DC. About 60 percent of the organization’s $85 million budget comes from the US government. For these reasons, many in the hemisphere view this multilateral body as an instrument of US foreign policy.
Friday, June 21, 2013 - 00:00
Regional Security Cooperation: An Examination of the Central America Regional Security Initiative (CARSI) and the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI).
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 00:00
Of these initiatives, the conditional cash transfer (CCT) has become the hallmark of the region's anti-poverty efforts.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 - 00:00
To anticipate potential turmoil in Venezuela in the coming period, Washington should be consulting regularly and at the highest levels with South American allies, especially Colombia and Brazil
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 - 00:00
Far from unifying Latin America and thereby realizing the vision of Chavez’s hero, nineteenth-century independence leader Simon Bolivar, Chavez contributed to the fragmentation of the hemisphere
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 - 00:00
Far from unifying Latin America and thereby realizing the vision of Chavez's hero, nineteenth-century independence leader Simon Bolivar, Chavez contributed to the fragmentation of the hemisphere.
Monday, January 7, 2013 - 00:00
Key political actors need to keep hardline militants on both sides in check and take steps to insure a peaceful, orderly transition
Wednesday, December 5, 2012 - 00:00
Taking a step back, the case also revealed the need for sufficiently credible and effective multilateral mechanisms in the Americas to resolve such conflicts when they do develop.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - 00:00
In this Council Special Report Michael Shifter assesses the causes and consequences of the violence faced by several Central American countries and examines the national, regional, and international efforts intended to curb its worst effects.