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To Keep Western Assistance Flowing, Ukraine Must Engage Corruption Concerns Head-On
June 30, 2022 | Andrew Lohsen, Conor M. Savoy Ukraine has made significant progress in fighting corruption in recent years, but it must be prepared to address lingering challenges to ensure the continuous flow of assistance from the West.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The U.S. Toolkit to Address the Military Coup in Sudan
May 27, 2022 | Cameron Hudson Sudan has been on a trajectory of rising instability and political uncertainty since last year's military coup. The United States has several tools to increase pressure on the military and leverage engagement to ensure a civilian-led, democratic outcome.

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The Return to Mexico
May 18, 2022 | Antonio De La Cruz CSIS senior associate Antonio de la Cruz evaluates the prospects for the resumed round of negotiations between the Maduro regime and opposition Unitary Platform.

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Putin’s War of Choice Threatens Food Security Worldwide
February 26, 2022 | Caitlin Welsh

Global food insecurity is at a 10-year high. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused energy prices to soar and threatened global stocks of grains and oilseeds. This risks pushing food insecurity skyward—in the region and around the world.

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Ukraine’s Regional Displacement Crisis
February 25, 2022 | Erol Yayboke As many as 1.5 million people were displaced in Ukraine before the start of the Russian invasion. About 100,000 people are already moving within Ukraine due to the invasion, and this number is expected to rise significantly.

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Haiti: Betting on the Montana Accord
February 18, 2022 | Georges A. Fauriol Georges Fauriol analyzes the Montana Accord and Haiti's fraught search for a sustainable political transition plan.

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Haiti’s Problematic Electoral Dynamics
January 10, 2022 | Georges A. Fauriol Georges Fauriol analyzes Haiti's dysfunctional electoral dynamics as an additional factor in the country's deepening crisis going into 2022.

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