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January 28, 2011

Americas
Breaking the Cycle

I published an article with my colleague Dora Beszterczey in the Winter 2011 issue of the Americas Quarterly on the impact of opportunities and jobs lost to insecurity and the disproportionate costs …

AQ courtesy of Buda Mendes.Latin Content.Getty

August 11, 2011

Americas
Reads of the Week: Mixed Views on Mexico’s Economy and Peru’s Security

A worker at a luxury cowboy boot factory works on pairs of boots in the central city of Leon (Courtesy Reuters). An IMF report published this week lauds the Mexican economy’s health, and credits rob…

Reads of the Week: Mixed Views on Mexico’s Economy and Peru’s Security

December 6, 2010

Defense and Security
Pacifying Rio's Favelas

I was interviewed by Globo TV’s "Sem Fronteiras" about strategies to fight crime and drug violence across some of Latin America’s largest cities.

UPP/credits: Gabriel Rocha

May 11, 2018

Nigeria
Boko Haram’s Violence Against Women and Girls Demands Justice

To date, not one member of Boko Haram has been prosecuted for sexual violence. Yet, as President Buhari mulls granting amnesty to repentant members of Boko Haram, justice requires accountability for their crimes, including those that are gender-based. 

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October 20, 2011

United States
The Death of Qaddafi

Residents celebrate at Martyrs square in Tripoli October 20, 2011 after hearing the news that former leader Muammar Gaddafi was killed in Sirte (Ismail Zetouni/Courtesy Reuters). On the second eveni…

Residents celebrate at Martyrs square in Tripoli October 20, 2011 after hearing the news that former leader Muammar Gaddafi was killed in Sirte (Ismail Zetouni/Courtesy Reuters).