In the past five years, a confluence of events in Colombia and Venezuela have empowered the National Liberation Army (ELN) to become a far more dangerous and intractable threat to both countries, and the region. The reinforcing effects of the partial demobilization the rival Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC),1 [ … ]
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Maritime Crime During the Pandemic: Unmasking Trends in the Caribbean
*This article was first published by the Center for International Maritime Security While life on land for most people has been unusually sedentary in 2020 with significant travel restrictions and stay-at-home orders, the maritime space has remained remarkably active. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic the Caribbean’s maritime [ … ]
Vaccine Diplomacy in Latin America, Caribbean a PR Coup for China
The COVID-19 pandemic has created multiple opportunities for the People’s Republic of China to advance its commercial position and influence in Latin America and the Caribbean. The most significant, in the short term, has been China’s vaccine diplomacy. Over a million people in the region have died from COVID-19 since [ … ]
China’s Diplomatic and Political Approach in Latin America and the Caribbean
Testimony before the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission Chairman Bartholomew, Commissioner Scissors, distinguished members of the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, thank you for the opportunity to share my work and views with you today regarding China’s diplomatic and political approach in Latin America and the Caribbean. [ … ]
Chinese Advances in Chile
©2021 Global Americans For more than twenty years, successive Chilean governments, on both the right and the left, have sought to integrate their country, with its back to the Andes mountains, into the Pacific rim's flourishing economy. Chile has already tied itself to Asia and other parts of the world [ … ]
Cooperation and Coordination Operations with Agencies and War Operations Integrating doctrine
Since the end of the Cold War, changes in the context of what used to be called "war" have transformed military thinking around the world. The beginning of the 1990s, marked by the certainty that history was writing a new page in the evolution of humanity, brought to military science [ … ]
All Socialists Are Equal, but Some Are More Equal Than Others
This article was originally published in the Military Review magazine, English edition (November-December 2019). The title of this article is derived from the final “commandment” mandated by the self-appointed leaders of a group of revolutionist animals depicted in George Orwell’s Animal Farm, published in 1945. The allegory is a morality [ … ]
Geopolitical and Strategic Educational Factors to be a Navy of Regional Projection and Influence
Abstract This research article is developed from the study of the educational system of the Military Forces, within the framework of the guidelines issued by the Ministry of National Defense (MDN) since 2007, through the Strategic Plan of the Educational System (PESE), established the educational policies to improve in all [ … ]
Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the commercial, political and military hegemony that Colombia exercises over the ALBA subregion.
Summary: This article presents the most updated information on the impact of the COVID19 pandemic on the commercial, political and military hegemony that Colombia exercises in the sub-region of the ALBA Countries. For this purpose, a qualitative method was used to describe the way in which this pandemic is affecting [ … ]
Uruguay strikes a path to navigate relations with US and China
Uruguay, like many countries in Latin America, has deepened its relationship with China in recent years. Unlike in neighboring countries, however, Uruguay’s strong institutions and interest in maintaining a relationship with the U.S. have tempered its newfound friendship with Beijing. Under the government of Luis Lacalle Pou, the country has [ … ]
Chinese engagement in the Dominican Republic: An update
Introduction When President Danilo Medina of the Dominican Republic announced in May 2018 that his government would recognize the People’s Republic of China (PRC), abandoning the Dominican Republic’s longstanding diplomatic commitment to Taiwan, alarm bells sounded in Washington, D.C. Panama had recognized the PRC only one year earlier, while El [ … ]
Distinctive Capabilities of the FAC as a Deterrence Element in the Framework of Cooperation with NATO
Summary This research is framed in the context of the acceptance of Colombia as "Partnership Across the Globe" by the NATO Council, which represents the ninth global partner of NATO and the only country in America to achieve such a relevant status. However, beyond this significant event, little is openly [ … ]