Americas
CSIS analyzes the most important foreign policy and national security issues throughout the Western Hemisphere and their impact on the U.S. and its regional partners.

Taking Exception to States of Exception
In this episode, Christopher Hernandez-Roy sits down with Steven Dudley to unpack the nature of El Salvador's state of exception, what differentiates it from past hardline policies, and the threat this "Plan Bukele" poses to El Salvador and to democracies throughout the region.
Podcast Episode by Christopher Hernandez-Roy — March 23, 2023

How to Stop the Increasingly Authoritarian Slide in Latin America
Commentary by Mark L. Schneider — March 16, 2023

One Year Later, Latin America Continues to Hedge its Bets on Ukraine
Podcast Episode by Ryan C. Berg and Christopher Hernandez-Roy — March 10, 2023

Turning Up the Heat on Geothermal Energy Development in Latin America
Brief by Ryan C. Berg , Juliana Rubio , Alfonso Guzman , and Kathleen Cohen — March 10, 2023
Past Events

Rethinking Humanitarian Aid: A Conversation with Michelle Nunn, President and CEO of CARE USA

Promise and Peril: Migration Management Technologies in West Africa and Central America

U.S.-UK Trade Agreement: Now is the Time

Implications of the EU Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act for U.S. Business

Press Briefing: Previewing President Biden’s Meeting with President Lula of Brazil

Mining, Climate Risks, and the Western Hemisphere

Book Talk: Growth for Good

Operating in a Hostile Media Environment in Venezuela
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Haiti’s Fractured Political Dynamics
Commentary by Georges A. Fauriol — March 17, 2022
How the Appropriate Technologies can Contribute to Disaster Risk Reduction
Podcast Episode by Margarita R. Seminario — March 17, 2022

Russia Sanctions and Supply Chains
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz , Scott Miller , and William Alan Reinsch — March 17, 2022

Gender-Climate-Security Nexus
Podcast Episode by Suzanne Spaulding — March 16, 2022

Live From Munich: Dr. Richard Hatchett: “Pandemic Preparedness Needs to Be Viewed as a Security Challenge”
Podcast Episode by Katherine E. Bliss and J. Stephen Morrison — March 15, 2022

U.S. Strategy and the Real Lessons of the War in Ukraine: From Cooperation with Russia and China to Lasting Confrontation
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — March 14, 2022
Digital Transformation in the Western Hemisphere: An Aging Population
Event by Daniel F. Runde , Sachiko Imoto , Pablo Ibarraran , Thomas Kamber , and Enrique Vega — March 11, 2022
Dr. Heidi Larson: "The nature of the security threat has changed"
Podcast Episode by Katherine E. Bliss and Heidi J. Larson — March 11, 2022

The Whole Enchilada: Sanctions, Semiconductors, and Buy American
Podcast Episode by William Alan Reinsch and Scott Miller — March 10, 2022

Authoritarian Survival: Venezuelan Gold and Nicaragua’s Ortega-Murillo Regime
Commentary by Ryan C. Berg and Karla Rios — March 8, 2022