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Commentary
The Geopolitics of Honduras’s Special Economic Zones
June 9, 2022 | Ryan C. Berg, Evan Ellis CSIS Americas Program experts Ryan C. Berg and Evan Ellis examine the significance of special economic zones in Honduras amid rising geopolitical competition between the People's Republic of China and Taiwan, as well as the United States' push to nearshore key industries.

Report
Bringing Supply Chains Back to Mexico
October 20, 2021 | John J. Hamre, Mariana Campero, Ryan C. Berg, Earl Anthony Wayne, Matthew P. Goodman A series of essays, written in collaboration between PIIE and CSIS, explore the feasibility and benefits of relocating supply chains to Mexico and shared Mexican-U.S. interest in building resilient supply chains in North America.

Critical Questions
The Next 25 Years of the North American Development Bank
October 19, 2021 | Daniel F. Runde With more than 25 years of operations, the North American Development Bank (NADB) has been crucial in developing environmental infrastructure in the U.S.-Mexico border region. Analyzing these past two decades displays the bank’s accomplishments and future opportunities.

Interactive
Revitalizing the Trilateral Partnership
May 28, 2021
In Reconnecting Asia Small and medium economies of the Indo-Pacific are looking to build critical infrastructure now to meet their economic demands. The U.S., Australia, and Japan can capitalize on this unique moment in the Indo-Pacific’s development, but they need to prioritize addressing the...

Interactive
Huawei’s Global Cloud Strategy
May 17, 2021
In Reconnecting Asia Many developed economies are restricting Huawei from their 5G networks, but developing economies are still welcoming the Chinese tech champion into the center of their government operations. This report identified 70 Huawei deals in 41 countries for public cloud infrastructure...

Commentary
Radical Co-Creation
April 14, 2021 | Richard Crespin As the Biden administration contemplates investing over $4 billion in the Northern Triangle to abate northern migration, it has an opportunity to radically rethink its approach to international development in this region and around the world.

Report
Securing the Subsea Network: A Primer for Policymakers
March 9, 2021 Subsea cables are the world’s information super-highways. This guide for policymakers describes how these essential systems work and offers recommendations for advancing U.S. economic and strategic interests.

Commentary
Accelerating Economic Growth and Strengthening the Middle Class in Latin America
February 8, 2021 | Erol Yayboke Erol Yayboke speaks with Rafael de la Cruz and Osmel Manzano, authors of the new book, How to Accelerate Economic Growth and Strengthen the Middle Class in Latin America.

Report
Sustainable Infrastructure in the Amazon: Peru Country Case Study
October 26, 2020 | Romina Bandura

Deforestation of the Peruvian Amazon results from vulnerabilities in rule of law, security, and governance that transcend a solely environmental lens. Addressing these factors requires embedding infrastructure development within a broader sustainable development plan.

Report
Sustainable Infrastructure in the Amazon
October 26, 2020 | Romina Bandura, Shannon McKeown The socioeconomic insecurity, weak governance, and poor infrastructure planning that causes deforestation in the Amazon requires an integrated, multisector approach to sustainable development that balances environmental, security, and economic concerns in the region.

Report
The Higher Road: Forging a U.S. Strategy for the Global Infrastructure Challenge
April 23, 2019 | Matthew P. Goodman, Daniel F. Runde, Erol Yayboke A global infrastructure buildout is transforming the economies around the world. This report from the CSIS Global Infrastructure Task Force discusses how these trends are too powerful and potentially beneficial for the United States to stop and too consequential to ignore.

Report
CSIS Brief: The Higher Road: Forging a U.S. Strategy for the Global Infrastructure Challenge
April 23, 2019 | Matthew P. Goodman, Daniel F. Runde This accompanying brief to the CSIS report from the CSIS Global Infrastructure Task Force summarizes how the current trends in global infrastructure buildout are too powerful and potentially beneficial for the United States to stop and too consequential to ignore.

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