Beyond the Monroe Doctrine: The Need to Re-Adapt U.S. and Canadian Policy to Address Social and Alignment Shifts in the Americas
The post-Cold War era of unilateral American dominance in South and Central America is fading, as it did…
Glorious and Free? Making Sense of Canadian Foreign Policy in an Era of Nationalism, Populism, and Illiberalism
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Idiocy at the Colombia-Venezuela Border
The killing of three Venezuelan armed forces soldiers at the border town of Tachira by Colombian smugglers has…
Notes From The Field: The Complexities of Violence in Colombia and the Peace Process
Yesterday our day was interrupted by the news that two bombs had exploded in the neighbourhoods of Chapinero…
Venezuela: Stuck with Nicolas Maduro
Almost 30 years have passed since the Third Wave of democratization swept through Latin America. Today the region…
The Age of Latin American Pragmatism: Still not your backyard
The term “gringo”, a sometimes-derogatory term used as reference for U.S. citizens in Latin America, is widely believed…
Raising the Cost of Rebellion: Counter-Insurgency and the Colombia-FARC Negotiations
Tweet to @iAffairsCanada Follow @iAffairsCanada By: Michael Shkolnik and Janiel Melamed Recent developments in the negotiations between…
Friends Look the Other Way: 43 Massacred Students and the Culture of Impunity
“Ya me canse” [I’m tired now] were the words uttered by Jesús Murillo Karam, the current Attorney General…
The Brazilian Elections: Dilma Rousseff and the “Not-so-beautiful game”
Millions of hearts simultaneously broke on the afternoon of July 8, 2014. Blank stares from about 58,000 thousand…