
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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Venezuela’s Maduro sidesteps US pressure to bask in regional limelight
Ryan C. Berg in Financial Times — June 4, 2023
Venezuela’s Maduro Splits South American Leaders
Ryan C. Berg in The New York Sun — June 2, 2023
BRICS considering expansion as emerging economies rally to join group
Ryan C. Berg in The Japan Times — May 25, 2023
Dante Mossi, el “banquero de dictadores” y hombre de Ortega en el BCIE, no logró la reelección al frente del organismo
Ryan C. Berg in Infobae — May 13, 2023
Dante Mossi, la cuestionada reelección del banquero que apoya a regímenes autoritarios
Ryan C. Berg in El Pais — May 11, 2023
The U.S. Should Have Moderate Expectations for Venezuela’s Election
Ryan C. Berg in Americas Quarterly — May 8, 2023
The Banker to Dictators: A Call to Elect Accountable Leadership at CABEI
Ryan C. Berg in Global Americans — May 8, 2023
Can Latin America Really Build an OPEC for Lithium?
Ryan C. Berg in Heatmap News — April 26, 2023
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The Future of U.S. Counter-Narcotics Strategy: A Conversation with Dr. Rahul Gupta
Event by Dr. Rahul Gupta and Ryan C. Berg — June 21, 2023
Latin American Women and Democracy: Perspectives of Activists in the Region
Event by Ryan C. Berg , Tamara Davila , Laritza Diversent , Celia Medrano , and Tamara Taraciuk Broner — June 12, 2023
Constraining States of Exception
Commentary by Ryan C. Berg and Henry Ziemer — June 8, 2023
The Road to 2024 in Venezuela: A Conversation with María Corina Machado
Event by María Corina Machado , Ryan C. Berg , and Christopher Hernandez-Roy — June 7, 2023
Can North America Become a Semiconductor Powerhouse?
Critical Questions by Ryan C. Berg , Christopher Hernandez-Roy , Juliana Rubio , Rubi Bledsoe , and Henry Ziemer — May 23, 2023
Political Prisoners and the Future of Nicaragua
Event by Christopher Hernandez-Roy , Ryan C. Berg , Jared Genser , Juan Felipe Wills , Juan Sebastián Chamorro , Rosalía Miller , and Félix Maradiaga — May 11, 2023
Insulate, Curtail, Compete: Sketching a U.S. Grand Strategy in Latin America and the Caribbean
Report by Ryan C. Berg — May 11, 2023
A Conversation with Juan Guaidó, Former Interim President of Venezuela
Event by Ryan C. Berg , Christopher Hernandez-Roy , and Juan Guaidó — May 5, 2023
Are Petro and Biden Syncing? Key Takeaways from the Bilateral Meeting
Critical Questions by Ryan C. Berg , Christopher Hernandez-Roy , Juliana Rubio , Rubi Bledsoe , and Henry Ziemer — April 26, 2023
