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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U.S. reinstates Venezuelan oil ban: Here’s what to know
Ryan C. Berg in CNBC — April 18, 2024
U.S. reinstates Venezuelan oil ban: Here’s what to know
Ryan C. Berg in CNBC — April 18, 2024
Biden has to decide soon whether to sanction Venezuela. Here's what to know
Ryan C. Berg in NPR — April 16, 2024
Will Biden reimpose sanctions on Venezuela? U.S. predental election muddles decisions
Ryan C. Berg in Miami Herald — April 16, 2024
Stakes look low in Washington’s Venezuela dilemma
Ryan C. Berg in Argus Media — April 15, 2024
U.S. could reimpose sanctions on Venezuela if it does not comply with its demands
Ryan C. Berg in NPR — April 14, 2024
U.S. could reimpose sanctions on Venezuela if it does not comply with its demands
Ryan C. Berg in NPR — April 14, 2024
Mexico will elect its first female president — but which one?
Ryan C. Berg in The Hill — April 9, 2024
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On the Uses and Misuses of Venezuela Sanctions
Commentary by Ryan C. Berg — November 29, 2023
"On the Uses and Misuses of Venezuela Sanctions”: Audio Brief with Ryan C. Berg
Podcast Episode by Ryan C. Berg — November 29, 2023
The Only Threat of Violence in Venezuela’s Opposition Primaries Comes from the Regime
Commentary by Ryan C. Berg and Henry Ziemer — October 17, 2023
After AMLO: The Economic, Security, and Political Outlook for Mexico in 2024
Report by Ryan C. Berg, Sara Fattori, and Henry Ziemer — July 18, 2023
Three Takeaways from Mexico’s New Local Political Landscape
Commentary by Ryan C. Berg and Emiliano Polo — June 14, 2023
Latin American Women and Democracy: Perspectives of Activists in the Region
Event — June 12, 2023
The Road to 2024 in Venezuela: A Conversation with María Corina Machado
Event — June 7, 2023
A Conversation with Juan Guaidó, Former Interim President of Venezuela
Event — May 5, 2023
Prosperity Must Be a Cornerstone of Fostering Honduran Democracy
Commentary by Ryan C. Berg — January 26, 2023
The Interim Government of Venezuela Was Dissolved by Its Own Promoters
Commentary by Ryan C. Berg and Alexandra Winkler — January 12, 2023