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Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies and Director for Latin America Studies
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Phone: +1-202-509-8410
E-mail: jsweig@cfr.org
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Washington, DC
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Award-winning author of Inside the Cuban Revolution and director of numerous Council-sponsored Task Forces on Latin America. Her book Friendly Fire: Losing Friends and Making Enemies in the Anti-American Century was released in April 2006.
Expertise:Latin America; U.S.-Latin America policy; Anti-Americanism.
Experience:Board of Directors, Foreign Affairs en Español (current); consultant on Latin American affairs, Congressional Program, The Aspen Institute (1999-present); Project Director, Center for Preventive Action Commission, Andes 2020: A New Strategy for the Challenges of Colombia and the Region (2004); Director, Independent Task Force, U.S.-Cuban Relations in the 21st Century, A Follow-On Chairman’s Report (2001).
Languages:Spanish (fluent); Italian and Portuguese (familiar).
Honors:Herbert Feis Award for Inside the Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro and the Urban Underground, American Historical Association (2003).
Selected Publications:Friendly Fire: Losing Friends and Making Enemies in the Anti-American Century (PublicAffairs, 2006); Andes 2020: A New Strategy for the Challenges of Colombia and the Region, A Center for Preventive Action Report (Council on Foreign Relations Press, 2004); U.S.-Cuban Relations in the 21st Century, A Follow-On Chairman’s Report, Report of an Independent Task Force (Council on Foreign Relations Press, 2001); Inside the Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro and the Urban Underground (Harvard University Press, 2002).
Current Research Projects
Past Research Projects
September 12, 2008
Audio
Listen to experts discuss U.S.-Latin America trade policies including CAFTA, NAFTA, and farm subsidies.
This symposium was made possible by the generous support of the Ford Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
See more in Americas, NAFTA, Trade
July 2, 2008
Op-Ed
Washington Independent
Colombia’s role in the War on Drugs and its potential as a free trade partner makes it a lucrative part of John McCain’s foreign policy, writes Julia Sweig.
See more in Colombia
May 2008
Task Force Report No. 60
Task Force Report
This report recommends reframing U.S. policy around four critical areas—poverty and inequality, public security, migration, and energy security—that are of immediate concern to Latin America’s governments and citizens. This report is also available in Spanish.
See more in Caribbean, Central America, Mexico, South America, U.S. Strategy and Politics
April 10, 2008
Testimony
See more in Andean Region, Congress, U.S. Election 2008
January 24, 2008
Podcast
Julia E. Sweig, CFR's director for Latin America Studies, says a new U.S. president offers a chance to improve Washington’s relations with Cuba.
See more in Cuba, U.S. Strategy and Politics
February 19, 2008
Audio
Listen to experts discuss the implications of Fidel Castro's announcement that he will step down as the president of Cuba.
February 19, 2008
Transcript
The panelists discuss what the resignation of Fidel Castro means for Cuba and the future for U.S.-Cuba relations.
See more in Cuba, United States
November 5, 2007
Transcript
As part of the Council's Latin American Studies Program, the panels discuss globalization and trade in Latin America and Asia.
See more in South America, Asia, Economics, Trade
June 12, 2007
Video
Watch David Rothkopf, president and chief executive officer of Garten Rothkopf, and C. Ford Runge, distinguished McKnight university professor of applied economics at the University of Minnesota, discuss the potential impact of the increasing demand for biofuels on global energy and food security.
See more in Cuba, Energy Security, Biotechnology
June 12, 2007
Audio
Listen to David Rothkopf, president and chief executive officer of Garten Rothkopf, and C. Ford Runge, distinguished McKnight university professor of applied economics at the University of Minnesota, discuss the potential impact of the increasing demand for biofuels on global energy and food security.
See more in Cuba, Energy Security, Biotechnology
June 12, 2007
Transcript
See more in United States, Brazil, Energy
May 14, 2007
Article
The Nation
See more in Cuba, U.S. Strategy and Politics
March 13, 2007
Interview
CFR's Julia E. Sweig says President Bush’s trip to five Latin American nations “went as badly as I expected it to.”
See more in South America, Immigration, Presidency
March 7, 2007
Transcript
Latin America Studies expert Julia Sweig discusses President Bush’s trip to Latin America in a conference call.
See more in South America, Foreign Aid
February 22, 2007
Transcript
Dr. Eduardo Gamarra, Director of the Latin American and Caribbean Center at Florida International University, discusses current ethnic, social, and political divisions in Bolivia, as well as how the U.S. and other international actors can contribute to a resolution of the stalemate that currently plagues the country.
January 23, 2007
Transcript
Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO) and Congressman James P. McGovern (D-MA) discuss U.S. Cuba policy in light of their recent trip to the country.
December 1, 2006
Transcript
Richard Lapper, Latin American editor of the Financial Times, discusses what to expect from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in his next term.
See more in Venezuela, U.S. Strategy and Politics
November 28, 2006
Transcript
Pamela Starr, Richard Feinberg, David Rothkopf, and Julia Sweig discuss recent presidential elections in Latin America.
See more in Central America, South America, Elections
November 28, 2006
Transcript
CFR Senior Fellow Julia E. Sweig debunks the conventional wisdom on what is going to happen in Cuba after Fidel Castro dies. She also discusses the future of U.S.-Cuba relations.
See more in Cuba, U.S. Strategy and Politics
In The Closing of the American Border, Edward Alden goes behind the scenes to tell the story of the Bush administration’s struggle to balance security and openness in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
In Termites in the Trading System, Jagdish Bhagwati reveals how the rapid spread of preferential trade agreements endangers the world trading system.
America Between the Wars explores how the decisions and debates of the years between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Twin Towers shaped the events, arguments, and politics of the world we live in today.
Complete list of CFR Books.
In this report, CFR Senior Fellow Michael A. Levi analyzes the potential use of deterrence in preventing terrorist groups from acquiring nuclear weapons and recommends a new approach to U.S. declaratory policy, as well as ways to improve U.S. capabilities to determine the sources of terrorist attacks.
In this report, Bruce W. MacDonald illuminates the strategic landscape of military space competition between the United States and China and highlights the dangers and opportunities the United States confronts in space.
Complete list of Council Special Reports.
For more information on the David Rockefeller Studies Program, contact:
Gary Samore
Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair
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Sebastian Mallaby
Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for
Geoeconomic Studies, Deputy Director of Studies, and Paul A. Volcker Senior
Fellow for International Economics
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Deputy Director of Studies Administration
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