Photo: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, Reuters, via The Telegraph By Kathryn Hillegass, Columnist The Zika virus is the latest plague in a series of bad press that is quickly eroding public confidence in the Dilma administration and inhibiting Brazil’s chances of assuming a more influential role in the international community. For many security professionals, Latin America … Continue reading Brazil – The Fragility of Soft Power

A UN peacekeeping truck in Haiti following the 2010 Earthquake, Wikimedia Commons By Pablo Scuticchio, Guest Writer After ten years as a ranking member of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), Argentina announced the withdrawal of most of its forces. Its units stationed in Gonaïves and Port-au-Prince will leave by April.[1] As other contributing … Continue reading MINUSTAH, Argentina, and the future of Latin America’s role in peacekeeping

Photo by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol/Flickr | This article was featured in GSSR Vol. 1 Issue 1 | By Tomas Kristlik |The long-term effort to suppress the Mexican profit-seeking illicit networks (PSINs)[1], labeled the “Mexican Drug War” when Operation Michoacán was launched in 2006 by Mexican President Felipe Calderón, seems to have ended with the death … Continue reading The End of the Drug War: Its Implications and the Future of Drug Trafficking in Mexico