The Brookings Institution
Wednesday, September 21, 2016 - 07:35
Not all countries that suffer from terrorism are innocent victims doing their best to fight back. Many governments, including several important U.S. allies, simultaneously fight and encourage the terrorist groups on their soil.
Tuesday, April 7, 2015 - 07:20
The fundamental cause of inadequate U.S.-China cooperation in Africa is an underlying sense of zero-sum competition between the two powers on the continent.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013 - 00:00
The analysis below first details why eradication of drug crops is ineffective in fighting the nexus of militancy and the illegal drug trade, using the presumed success story of Colombia as illustration
Friday, November 18, 2011 - 00:00
Despite these advances, the Cuban economy remains in the doldrums. The main constraint slowing the Cuban economy is not U.S. sanctions (even as they have hit hard). Rather, it is Cuba's own outdated economic model, inherited from the Soviet Union, of cent
Thursday, October 13, 2011 - 00:00
Organized crime and illegal economies generate multiple threats to states and societies. They often threaten public safety, at times even national security. Extensive illicit economies can compromise the political systems by increasing corruption and pene
Monday, September 26, 2011 - 00:00
This monograph explores the effectiveness of the security and law enforcement and socio-economic approaches adopted in Mexico over the past several years to combat the drug trafficking organizations.
Thursday, September 8, 2011 - 00:00
Apart from characterizing the idle youth, we present an analysis of the patterns of their evolution in 18 countries across the region, identifying the set of micro and aggregate variables that are correlated with their dynamics.