
Ryan C. Berg is director of the Americas Program and head of the Future of Venezuela Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He is also an adjunct professor at the Catholic University of America and visiting research fellow at the University of Oxford’s Changing Character of War Programme. His research focuses on U.S.-Latin America relations, authoritarian regimes, armed conflict, strategic competition, and trade and development issues. He also studies Latin America’s criminal groups and the region’s governance and security challenges. Previously, Dr. Berg was a research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he helped lead its Latin America Studies Program. Dr. Berg has served as a research consultant to the World Bank, a Fulbright scholar in Brazil, and a visiting doctoral fellow at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. He has lived and worked in Peru and Brazil and is an expert member of the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime and the Urban Violence Research Network.
Dr. Berg has been published in a variety of peer-reviewed academic and policy-oriented journals, including The Lancet, Migration and Development, the SAIS Review of International Affairs, and the Georgetown Security Studies Review. In the popular press, his articles have appeared in CNN.com, Foreign Policy, Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, The Hill, World Politics Review, the National Interest, and RealClearWorld, among other outlets. He has appeared on Voice of America and National Public Radio and has testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Dr. Berg obtained a Ph.D. and an M.Phil. in political science and an M.Sc. in global governance and diplomacy from the University of Oxford, where he was a Senior Hulme fellow. Earlier, he obtained a B.A. in government and theology from Georgetown University. He is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese and has a working knowledge of French and Slovenian.
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Biden’s Sanctions in Paraguay Could Aid Communist Chinese Efforts To Build Influence in South America
Ryan C. Berg in The New York Sun — January 28, 2023
Bolivia's latest partnership with foreign miners draws skepticism
Ryan C. Berg in S&P Global Market Intelligence — January 27, 2023
Can Latin America Find Better Ways to Develop its Lithium?
Ryan C. Berg in The Dialogue — January 20, 2023
Brazilian Stocks Rose After Riots but President’s Path Looks Rough
Ryan C. Berg in Barrons — January 13, 2023
La agricultura a pequeña escala es altamente vulnerable a personas sin escrúpulos y organizaciones criminales
Ryan C. Berg in La Manyana — January 12, 2023
'Tensions are a bit deeper in the US-Mexico bilateral relationship than the US-Canada relationship'
Ryan C. Berg in France 24 — January 11, 2023
Everything you need to know about the North American Leaders' Summit
Ryan C. Berg in The Week — January 10, 2023
Pope largely silent on Nicaragua's detainment of Catholic bishop ahead of upcoming hearing
Ryan C. Berg in Fox News — January 9, 2023
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Geothermal Energy Development in Latin America
Event by Ryan C. Berg , Katsura Miyazaki , Mynor José Gil Arevalo , and Manabu Sugioka — February 21, 2023

Prosperity Must Be a Cornerstone of Fostering Honduran Democracy
Commentary by Ryan C. Berg — January 26, 2023

Best of 35 West: Logros y Limitaciones en el Sector Digital en México / Achievements and Limitations in Mexico's Digital Sector
Podcast Episode by Ryan C. Berg — January 26, 2023

Mining, Climate Risks, and the Western Hemisphere
Event by Ryan C. Berg , Morgan Bazilian , Veronika Shime , and George P. Cajati — January 25, 2023

The Indispensable Industry: Mining’s Role in the Energy Transition and the Americas
Commentary by Ryan C. Berg and Henry Ziemer — January 24, 2023

Operating in a Hostile Media Environment in Venezuela
Event by Ryan C. Berg , Mark Feierstein , Carlos Correa , and William Neuman — January 13, 2023

The Future of Hydrogen Development in the Western Hemisphere
Podcast Episode by Ryan C. Berg — January 12, 2023

The Interim Government of Venezuela Was Dissolved by Its Own Promoters
Commentary by Ryan C. Berg and Alexandra Winkler — January 12, 2023

Brazil’s January 8
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Ryan C. Berg — January 11, 2023

Telecommunications Reform 2.0: How to Strengthen Mexico's ICT Sector beyond 2025
Commentary by Ryan C. Berg and Andrew Sady-Kennedy — January 9, 2023
