In order to strengthen the rule of law and foster social peace in crime-ridden and insecure communities, steps must be taken "to develop the institutional and physical infrastructure to integrate deprived communities into the nation state and the legal market economy," writes AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini in an article for The Huffington Post.
"Rather than working with the United States, Europe, and the other BRIC nations to build a more secure global environment, Lula's gambit risks enabling an outcome that could dramatically heighten regional and indeed global tensions," writes COA's Eric Farnsworth, discussing the Brazilian President's trip to Iran.
In an article for Poder magazine, COA Vice President Eric Farnsworth looks at David Rockefeller's lifelong commitment to democracy, cooperation, and development in the Americas.
"As sovereign nations, Russia and Venezuela have every right to engage in bilateral diplomatic and commercial exchange," writes COA Vice President Eric Farnsworth, discussing Caracas' recent billion-dollar arms deal with Moscow. "But we should not be unaware or naïve; U.S. interests are being affected to the extent our regional friends and allies are negatively impacted."
"[T]here's been a troubling sense of anachronism in this administration's rhetoric toward Latin America," writes AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini in The Hufffington Post. He recommends a set of initiatives to renew U.S. policy in the region, from changing the nature of Brazil relations to engaging the business community.
"Immigration determines the capacity of countries themselves to survive in the global economy," writes AS/COA Senior Director of Policy Christopher Sabatini in El Diario/La Prensa. "The problem is that the pull for jobs and the policy to facilitate immigration and integration do not always match." (en español)
"Energy should be one area that brings hemispheric leaders together," writes COA Vice President Eric Farnsworth in Poder. "Nonetheless, two significant obstacles exist in making the Western Hemisphere a model region for energy cooperation: politics and investment climate issues."