Indigneous Party Prospects in Peru
By Dr. Guy Burton | 26 August 2010 The decision by Peru's indigenous communities to form a political party ahead of next year's presidential election poses a number of questions. These...
A Puzzling Scenario? UNITAS Exercises in Peru
By Dr. Guy Burton | 29 July 2010 Last weekend the UNITAS naval exercises between the US and several South American navies, including 1300 from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru...
Nuking Westphalia: Obama’s Deep Convictions Point to War With Iran
By Walter Russell Mead | 17 July 2010 In spite of what some conspiracy-minded critics on the right think, mainstream journalists like Time’s Joel Klein do not often agree with Fidel Castro. That...
Charting a known course in Colombia
By Dr. Guy Burton | 24 June 2010 Sunday's second round election saw Juan Manuel Santos beat his rival, Antanas Mockus of the Green Party, by 69% to 27.5%. His primary commitments...
What the World Cup Means for Latin America
By Dr. Guy Burton | 10 June 2010 For much of the past century Latin America has been characterised as Washington’s ‘backyard’. Economically and militarily, the region’s states have never been in a position...
Honduras: the International Impact of Last Year’s Coup
By Dr. Guy Burton | 10 May 2010 The opposition of several Latin American leaders against the attendance of the Honduran leader, Porfirio Lobo, at the upcoming EU-Latin America summit in Madrid...
Obama’s National Security Strategy: Made at Princeton
By Prof. Inderjeet Parmar** | 02 June 2010 President Obama's National Security Strategy may echo that of his predecessor, George W. Bush, but it is also almost identical to that suggested by...
Obama’s Foolish Settlements Ultimatum
By Steven J. Rosen | 01 April 2010 U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to confront Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Israeli construction activity in East Jerusalem has been greeted by...
Obama’s New Bank Plan
By Dr. Talat Ulussever | 01 April 2010 It is a well-known fact that financial markets, especially banks, are subject to more developed regulatory mechanisms than other sectors of the economy...
Russia and Venezuela boost ties
Aljazeera | 03 April 2010 Russia and Venezuela have agreed to work more closely on defence and energy issues, saying that such co-operation was vital to ensure a "multi-polar" world. ...
Devastating Impact of Canadian Mining in Honduras
Interview of Carlos Danilo Amador Todd Gordon and Jeffery R. Webber 30 January 2010 RW/TG: We’re here in Tegucigalpa, Honduras (January 26). Can you give us your name and position in your organization?...
Who will be the next secretary of state?
Josh Rogin 29 January 2010 Being secretary of state is a grueling job; you're on the road most weeks, and often you get a lot less say in your country's...
America Needs France
Walter Russell Mead This is one of the most unpopular headlines an American blogger can write, a guaranteed hit-suppressor. But it is true nevertheless, as President Obama is now finding...
Demons from over the Sea: the Woodrow Wilson – George W. Bush Analogy
Richard Wall Woodrow Wilson was disliked in his own lifetime, by some even loathed. The reasons advanced for this range from academic rivalries and disputes during his tenure at...
Venezuela ‘cannot provoke’ Colombia
Colombia says it will not allow recent tensions with Venezuela to escalate into violence, after it accused Venezuelan troops of blowing up two footbridges that link the countries. Gabriel...