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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: +1-202-518-3410
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.
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
April 10, 2008
| Author: | Julia E. Sweig, Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies and Director for Latin America Studies |
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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
| Speakers: | Jake Colvin, Director, USA*Engage, National Foreign Trade Council Peter Kornbluh, Director, Cuba Documentation Project, National Security Archive James P. McGovern, Member, U.S. House of Representatives, (D-MA) Philip Peters, Vice President, Lexington Institute Sarah Stephens, Executive Director, Center for Democracy in the Americas Julia E. Sweig, Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies and Director of Latin America Studies, Council on Foreign Relations Lawrence Wilkerson, Cochair, U.S.-Cuba Policy Initiative, New America Foundation |
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| Presider: | Patrick Doherty, Director, U.S.-Cuba Policy Initiative, New America Foundation |
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
| Speakers: | Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, United States Army (Retired) Julia E. Sweig, Council On Foreign Relations Peter Kornbluh, National Security Archive, George Washington University Philip Peters, Lexington Institute Sarah Stephens, Center For Democracy In The Americas Jake Colvin, National Foreign Trade Council James P. McGovern, Representative (D-MA) |
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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
| Speakers: | Andrew Kohut, President, Pew Research Center Paulo Sotero, Director, Brazil Institute Steven R. Weisman, New York Times |
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| Presider: | Julia E. Sweig, Nelson & David Rockefeller Senior Fellow and Director, Latin America Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
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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
| Speakers: | David J. Rothkopf, President and CEO, Garten and Rothkopf C. Ford Runge, Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Applied Economics and Director of the Center for International Food and Agricultural Policy, University of Minnesota; Author, "How Biofuels Could Starve the Poor," Foreign Affairs, May/June 2007 |
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| Presider: | Julia E. Sweig, Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies and Director of Latin America Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
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
| Speakers: | David J. Rothkopf, President and CEO, Garten and Rothkopf C. Ford Runge, Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Applied Economics and Director of the Center for International Food and Agricultural Policy, University of Minnesota; Author, "How Biofuels Could Starve the Poor," Foreign Affairs, May/June 2007 |
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| Presider: | Julia E. Sweig, Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies and Director of Latin America Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
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
| Speakers: | David J. Rothkopf, President and CEO, Garten Rothkopf C. Ford Runge, McKinght University Professor of Minnesota's Department of Applied Economics |
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| Presider: | Julia E. Sweig, Director of Latin American Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
Transcript
See more in United States, Brazil, Energy
May 14, 2007
| Author: | Julia E. Sweig, Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies and Director for Latin America Studies |
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Article
The Nation
See more in Cuba, U.S. Strategy and Politics
March 13, 2007
Julia E. Sweig, Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies and Director for Latin America Studies interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
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
| Speaker: | Julia E. Sweig, Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow, for Latin America Studies, Director for Latin America Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
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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
| Speaker: | Eduardo A. Gamarra, Report Author, Professor and Director, Latin American and Caribbean Center, Florida International University |
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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
| Speakers: | Jo Ann Emerson, Congresswoman, R-MO James P. McGovern, Congressman, D-MA |
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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.
January/February 2007
| Author: | Julia E. Sweig, Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies and Director for Latin America Studies |
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Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
See more in Cuba
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
| Speakers: | Richard E. Feinberg, Co-Director, Leadership Council on Inter-American Summitry; Professor, International Political Economy, Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University Of California, San Diego David J. Rothkopf, Chairman and CEO, The Rothkopf Group, LLC; Visiting Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Pamela Starr, Analyst, Latin America, Eurasia Group; Author, Challenges for a Postelection Mexico: Issues for U.S. Policy, A Council on Foreign Relations Special Report |
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| Presider: | Julia E. Sweig, Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow and Director, Latin American Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
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
| Speaker: | Julia E. Sweig, Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow and Director of Latin American Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Presider: | Gideon Rose, Managing Editor, Foreign Affairs |
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
November 27, 2006
| Speakers: | Pamela K. Starr, Analyst, Latin America, Eurasia Group; Author, Challenges for a Postelection Mexico: Issues for U.S. Policy, A Council on Foreign Relations Special Report Richard E. Feinberg, Professor, International Political Economy, Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego; Codirector, Leadership Council on Inter-American Summitry David J. Rothkopf, Chairman and CEO, The Rothkopf Group, LLC; Visiting Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace |
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| Presider: | Julia E. Sweig, Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow and Director, Latin America Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
Audio
Listen to experts discuss the foreign policy implications of the recent elections in Latin America.
August 24, 2006
| Speaker: | Julia E. Sweig, Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies and Director for Latin America Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; Author, Inside the Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro and the Urban Underground |
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| Presider: | Anya Schmemann, Deputy Director, Communications, Council on Foreign Relations |
Transcript
CFR Senior Fellow Julia Sweig discusses the future of U.S.-Cuba relations in the light of Fidel Castro’s recent illness and handover of power to Raul Castro.
See more in Cuba, United States
August 15, 2006
| Author: | Julia E. Sweig, Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies and Director for Latin America Studies |
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Op-Ed
Los Angeles Times
See more in United States, Foreign Policy History, Presidency, Public Diplomacy
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The David Rockefeller Studies Program is the Council’s “think tank.” Its work is integral to achieving the Council’s goal of contributing to the foreign policy debate. Fellows in the Studies Program do this by researching, writing, and commenting on the most important challenges facing the United States and the world.
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