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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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October 28, 2016
Venezuela
How Venezuela Got Into This Mess
[This post was co-authored with John Polga-Hecimovich*] By the end of 2017, the Venezuelan economy will likely be less than three-quarters of its 2013 size. Inflation is set to increase from 700 p…
May 4, 2011
Defense and Security
U.S.-Mexico Security Cooperation Four Years On
US Secretary of State Clinton and Mexican Foreign Minister Espinosa (Saul Loeb / Courtesy Reuters). Last Friday, Hillary Clinton hosted the Merida Initiative High-Level Consultative Group in Washing…
July 21, 2011
Immigration and Migration
Reads of the Week: New Migration Trends, and Valenzuela’s Tenure
While last week Damien Cave’s great New York Times piece highlights the positive economic factors keeping Mexicans at home, this week the Wall Street Journal adds border crossing dangers to the reaso…
September 8, 2009
Immigration and Migration
American Foreign Policy: Regional Perspectives
In May 2009 I participated in a workshop entitled “American Foreign Policy: Regional Perspectives” sponsored by the Naval War College.
May 30, 2013
Immigration and Migration
The Presidential Inbox: Latin America
As part of the Council on Foreign Relations’, “Presidential Inbox” series, I sat down yesterday with Arturo Valenzuela, former assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere Affairs, and Sergio …