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Chile’s Expanding Defense Relationship with China | R. Evan Ellis
Chile’s Expanding Defense Relationship with China
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Re-Asserting the Value of the Individual for Latin America’s Security and Prosperity | Dr. R. Evan Ellis
Re-Asserting the Value of the Individual for Latin America’s Security and Prosperity
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Brazil’s Attempt to Control X: The Deterioration of the Liberal World Order
Brazil’s Attempt to Control X: The Deterioration of the Liberal World Order
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Bolivia and US Dilemmas in Engaging with Problematic Regimes in Latin America
Bolivia and US Dilemmas in Engaging with Problematic Regimes in Latin America
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The Impact of the Political Orientation of Latin America, on the Advance of the People’s Republic of China in the Region R. Evan Ellis
The Impact of the Political Orientation of Latin America, on the Advance of the People’s Republic of China in the Region
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Venezuela's Elections: Hoping for the Best, Preparing for the Worst
Venezuela’s Elections: Hoping for the Best, Preparing for the Worst
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China, the Illiberal Counter-Order, and the Role of Values in the Strategic Response
China, the Illiberal Counter-Order, and the Role of Values in the Strategic Response
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Engagement with China has had a Multifaceted Impact on Latin American Democracy R. Evan Ellis
Engagement with China has had a Multifaceted Impact on Latin American Democracy
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Paraguay’s Security Challenges and the Government Response
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China-Argentina Space Engagement | R. Evan Ellis Background photo of China and Argentina’s deep space ground station antennas from Wikimedia, April, 2022 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Estaci%C3%B3n_de_Espacio_Profundo_de_la_CLTC-CONAE-NEUQUEN_en_abril_2022_02.jpg)
China-Argentina Space Engagement
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In addition to Argentina’s profound economic crisis, the nation faces serious security challenges. These include use of the country as a drug transit zone, including cocaine from Bolivia and Peru bound for Europe and marijuana from Paraguay.
Argentina: Security Challenges and the Government Response
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Paraguay: A Promising Government Navigating a Perilous Path The greatest gift that Cartes can give the country and President Peña is to empower Peña to take the real and symbolic steps to frontally tackle corruption. https://globalamericans.org/paraguay-a-promising-government-navigating-a-perilous-path/
Paraguay: A Promising Government Navigating a Perilous Path
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Brazil’s Attempt to Control X: The Deterioration of the Liberal World Order
Elon Musk’s clash with the Lula government raises the issue of how to promote democracy and free speech in the new technological era. The move by the Brazilian government of Luis Ignacio (Lula) da Silva against the Elon Musk-owned information companies X and Starlink have transcendental significance beyond the struggle at hand. It is illustrative of the efforts of regimes both authoritarian and democratic to shield themselves from informational, commercial and legal vulnerabilities arising from a global connectivity whose effects are made increasingly pronounced by advances in digital technologies.
Sept. 13, 2024 - Elon Musk’s clash with the Lula government raises the issue of how to promote democracy and free speech in the new technological era...
Bolivia and US Dilemmas in Engaging with Problematic Regimes in Latin America
R. Evan Ellis Background photo of La Paz, Bolivia skyline from article (https://www.indrastra.com/2024/09/bolivia-and-us-dilemmas-in-engaging.html)
Sept. 12, 2024 - I recently had the opportunity to engage with a senior Bolivian colleague connected with the government of Luis Arce regarding the country’s economic and political difficulties and its relationship with the United...
The Impact of the Political Orientation of Latin America, on the Advance of the People’s Republic of China in the Region
The Impact of the Political Orientation of Latin America, on the Advance of the People’s Republic of China in the Region | R. Evan Ellis https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/JOTA/journals/Volume-6_Issue-2/23-Ellis_eng.pdf Background image adapted from COVID map on Freepik (https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/coronavirus-map-concept_7533197.htm)
Aug. 27, 2024 - Latin America is currently undergoing unprecedented political shifts. This phenomenon is characterized by the recent electoral victories of left-ofcenter candidates in Mexico in 2018; Argentina in 2019; Peru, Honduras, and...
Venezuela’s Elections: Hoping for the Best, Preparing for the Worst
Venezuela's Elections: Hoping for the Best, Preparing for the Worst - R. Evan Ellis As Venezuela moves toward promised national elections on July 28, my heart is with the hopes of Venezuelans for a miracle that will translate their courageous act of voting, into a restoration of democracy. Everything I have seen unfold in the country over the past 25 years of my career in government and the private sector following Venezuela leads me to expect the worst. https://www.indrastra.com/2024/07/venezuelas-elections-hoping-for-best.html
July 25, 2024 - As Venezuela moves toward promised national elections on July 28, my heart is with the hopes of Venezuelans for a miracle that will translate their courageous act of voting, into a restoration of democracy. Everything I have...
China, the Illiberal Counter-Order, and the Role of Values in the Strategic Response
China, the Illiberal Counter-Order, and the Role of Values in the Strategic Response R. Evan Ellis https://gordoninstitute.fiu.edu/news-events/the-policy-spotlight/2024/china-the-illiberal-counter-order-and-the-role-of-values-in-the-strategic-response.html
July 22, 2024 - The dynamics of the international order in the third decade of the 21st Century are changing profoundly.  The magnitude and complexity of the change are illustrated by Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine, in both its initial...
Engagement with China has had a Multifaceted Impact on Latin American Democracy
R. Evan Ellis Background photo by AP Ng Han Guan, Pool, reposted from article (https://thediplomat.com/2024/07/engagement-with-china-has-had-a-multifaceted-impact-on-latin-american-democracy)
July 15, 2024 - While Beijing may not deliberately promote authoritarian regimes in Latin America, implicit risks to the dynamics of democracies arise out of engagement with China.In its public discourse, unlike the Soviet Union during the...
Paraguay’s Security Challenges and the Government Response
Paraguay’s Security Challenges and the Government Response R. Evan Ellis https://gordoninstitute.fiu.edu/news-events/the-policy-spotlight/2024/paraguays-security-challenges-and-the-government-response.html
July 8, 2024 - The land-locked South American country of Paraguay receives little attention in Washington D.C. relative to its strategic importance for the region and the U.S. It is larger than Germany, and like Germany, its impact, and the...
China-Argentina Space Engagement
This work examines China - Argentine Space Collaboration, with a focus on the PRC Operated Deep Space Radar Facility in Neuquén. It argues that in interest of national development, and in the context of hopes for benefit from Argentina’s broader relationship with China, in an era of less pronounced strategic competition between the PRC and the U.S., the prior Peronist government off Cristina Fernández de Kirchner made contractual commitments that provide limited benefits to Argentina, undercut national sovereignty, and create risks of PRC use of Argentine national territory for military purposes against the West in time of war. Argentine governments have worked professionally within significant constraints of a lack of regular access to the facility, to provide technical oversight. The Center-right governments of both Mauricio Macri and Javier Milei have made heightened efforts at control, but have been impeded by the details of the contract signed by the prior Fernández government and the difficulty in making current policy decisions about possible future PRC behavior regarding the military use of PC-operated space facilities in Argentina. The case study also showcases a broader set of risks and dilemmas for other governments in the region tempted to leverage PRC interest in engagement in the space domain to further real and symbolic national technical development. Key Words People´s Republic of China (PRC), Argentina, Space Cooperation, Deep-Space Radar, Neuquén. Read the article: https://chinayamericalatina.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/WP40-May-2024-REDCAEM.pdf Background photo of China and Argentina’s deep space ground station antennas from Wikimedia, April, 2022 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Estaci%C3%B3n_de_Espacio_Profundo_de_la_CLTC-CONAE-NEUQUEN_en_abril_2022_02.jpg)
May 23, 2024 - This work examines China - Argentine Space Collaboration, with a focus on the PRC Operated Deep Space Radar Facility in Neuquén. It argues that in interest of national development, and in the context of hopes for benefit...
Argentina: Security Challenges and the Government Response
In addition to Argentina’s profound economic crisis, the nation faces serious security challenges. These include use of the country as a drug transit zone, including cocaine from Bolivia and Peru bound for Europe and marijuana from Paraguay. Such criminal activities have caused violent struggles between groups for transport routes in logistics hubs such as Rosario. Keywords: Argentina, defense, security, organized crime, drugs, weapon systems https://revistas.ceeep.mil.pe/index.php/seguridad-y-poder-terrestre/issue/view/9/12 Background photo of Argentina’s President Milei from Wikimedia, March, 2024 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asamblealegislativamileiquince.jpg)
May 13, 2024 - Summary: In addition to Argentina’s profound economic crisis, the nation faces serious security challenges. These include use of the country as a drug transit zone, including cocaine from Bolivia and Peru bound for Europe and...
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