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Commentary
How to Break the Stalemate in Haiti
June 30, 2022 | Georges A. Fauriol Americas Program senior associate Georges Fauriol and coauthors, Peter Hakim, Enrique Ter Horst, and Keith Mines outline the need for a national dialogue in Haiti to address deteriorating political, economic, and security crises.

Commentary
Taking the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity as an ‘Opening Bid’ to Go Bigger
June 29, 2022 | Daniel F. Runde, Meredith Broadbent, Henry Ziemer CSIS Senior Vice President Daniel F. Runde, Senior Adviser Meredith Broadbent, and Henry Ziemer examine the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity and offer recommendations for how Congress can support the initiative.

Commentary
Maduro’s Fortune: Petro in Colombia and a Left-Leaning Latin America
June 27, 2022 | Ryan C. Berg, Alexandra Winkler CSIS Americas senior fellow Ryan C. Berg and senior associate Alexandra Winkler assess what the election of Gustavo Petro in Colombia means for U.S.-Venezuela policy and the new obstacles that may undermine the Venezuelan opposition and empower Maduro's government.

Commentary
Europe Needs Its Own Ukraine Assistance Act
June 24, 2022 | Max Bergmann Europe needs to replace its sporadic ad hoc military support to Ukraine with a structured system that will not only sustain aid to Ukraine, but also activate Europe’s defense industry.

Report
Boost-Phase Missile Defense
June 24, 2022 | Ian Williams, Masao Dahlgren, Thomas G. Roberts, Tom Karako This CSIS study provides a fresh assessment of issues related to boost-phase defense, including how missile threats are evolving and broader technological trends. It examines prior boost-phase studies for lessons learned and highlights new intercept capabilities.

Commentary
Spotlight on Damage to Ukraine’s Agricultural Infrastructure since Russia’s Invasion
June 15, 2022 | Caitlin Welsh, Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., Jennifer Jun Destruction to Ukraine’s agricultural infrastructure threatens Ukraine’s food security—and global food security. Satellite imagery shows a deliberate attack on a food warehouse near Kyiv and a destroyed bridge in one of the most agriculturally productive regions of Ukraine.

Commentary
China Readies to Launch Its Newest, Most Advanced Aircraft Carrier
June 15, 2022 | Matthew P. Funaiole , Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., Brian Hart Satellite imagery from June 14 reveals that the launch of China’s third aircraft carrier, the Type 003, is imminent. The vessel’s flight deck has been cleared of equipment and decorated with pennant flags and banners, and the ship’s dry dock has been flooded.

Report
The Lessons of the Afghan War That No One Will Want to Learn
June 15, 2022 | Anthony H. Cordesman The United States must learn from the actual conduct of the Afghan war instead of focusing only on the collapse, writes CSIS’s Emeritus Chair in Strategy.

Newsletter
Opening Speech by Foreign Minister Park Jin at CSIS Roundtable
June 14, 2022 On June 14, 2022, President John Hamre and Senior Vice President for Asia and Korea Chair Victor Cha hosted South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin at CSIS during his official visit to the United States.

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.

Commentary
Spotlight on Damage to Ukraine’s Farms amid the Russia-Ukraine War
June 9, 2022 | Caitlin Welsh, Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., Jennifer Jun High-resolution satellite imagery of attacks on Ukraine’s agriculture sector suggest that Russia is attempting to restrict Ukrainian civilians’ access to food and prevent Ukraine, an agricultural powerhouse, from producing and exporting food to global markets.

Commentary
The Longer-Term Impact of the Ukraine Conflict and the Growing Importance of the Civil Side of War
June 6, 2022 | Anthony H. Cordesman The conflict in Ukraine is a warning that the civil side of war is becoming far more dangerous, writes CSIS’s Emeritus Chair in Strategy.

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