The 2023 William J. Perry Award for Excellence in Security and Defense Education was awarded to the University of Guyana’s (UG) Institute for Human Resilience, Strategic Security, and the Future (IHRSSF). The award, bestowed each year upon individuals or institutions in recognition of their significant contributions in the fields of [ … ]
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SOUTHCOM Commander Meets with President Milei, Defense Leaders in Argentina
U.S. Army General Laura J. Richardson, commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), visited Argentina April 2-6 where she met with Argentine President Javier Milei and senior defense leaders and took part in the U.S. donation of a C-130H Hercules aircraft to the country’s Air Force. Gen. Richardson’s visit aimed to [ … ]
Panama: China’s Strategic Hub
Nearly 6 percent of global trade and 57.5 percent of the cargo transported in container that ships from Asia to the East Coast of the United States passes through the Panama Canal. Today, this important infrastructure is the focus of great concern in political, economic, and academic sectors given the [ … ]
Iran and Bolivia’s Strengthening Ties, a Risk for Latin America
Bolivian President Luis Arce and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi have vowed to strengthen bilateral relations as well as strategic cooperation in health, education, agriculture, and telecommunications, among other sectors, increasing the Islamic Republic’s footprint in Latin America, and setting off alarms in the hemisphere about the various threats to security, [ … ]
Risks of PRC Security Engagement for Latin America and the Caribbean
This article was adapted from a piece published on The Diplomat on February 23, 2024. Introduction Activities by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in the security and defense sector in Latin America and the Caribbean are a small, but strategically significant portion of its engagement with the region. The [ … ]
Russia’s ‘Junk’ Military Equipment
In late February, Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa confirmed that the country will not transfer its outdated Russian military equipment, he had described as “scrap,” to Ukraine. In January, Ecuador was reportedly ready to ship its unserviceable Russian military equipment to the United States in exchange for modern U.S. technology to [ … ]
Argentina Launches Operation Against Chinese IUU Fishing
The Argentine Armed Forces have launched Operation Griffon XVII in South Atlantic waters to strengthen their fight against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, while hundreds of fishing vessels, mainly Chinese-flagged, prey on the region’s fish stocks, Argentine news site Infobae reported. “Considering Chinese expansionist activities in the world, it [ … ]
China’s Charm Offensive in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Comprehensive Analysis of China’s Strategic Communication Strategy Across the Region [Part II: Influencing the Media]
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report explores China’s strategy to influence Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) populations through the Chinese and local media. Both are vital in shaping local opinion in favor of the Communist Party of China’s (CCP) ideological objectives. News outlets such as the Xinhua News Agency, the People’s Daily, [ … ]
US Government Donates Aircraft to Dominican Republic to Combat Narcotrafficking
The U.S. government, through the Department of Defense, donated an aircraft valued at more than $8 million to the Dominican Republic Ministry of Defense, in support of the shared fight against illicit narcotics trafficking by transnational criminal organizations and in support of the country’s efforts to provide humanitarian assistance in [ … ]
Is China Cornering the Green Energy Transition in Latin America?
A key element of China’s economic advance over the past four decades has been the government’s promotion of its companies’ acquisition of capabilities and market share in sectors seen as strategically important to the country. In recent years, that emphasis has increasingly focused on digital technologies and green energy. The [ … ]
China Shifts Latin America and Caribbean Strategy
China’s investments in Latin America and the Caribbean have shifted to what Beijing dubbed “new infrastructure,” which includes critical sectors such as telecommunications, financial technology, and energy transition, U.S. think tank The Inter-American Dialogue indicated in a new report. According to the report, China’s direct foreign investments in the region [ … ]
China’s Charm Offensive in Latin America and the Caribbean: A comprehensive Analysis of China’s Strategic Communication Strategy Across the Region [Part I: Propaganda and Politics]
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This paper analyzes the expansion of Chinese media and public diplomacy in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Through its “discourse of power” and an attempt to extend its soft power across the continent, Chinese and some LAC media (print, audiovisual, and digital) sustained, amplified, and exalted the [ … ]