One year after the peace deal with the FARC and seven months before the 2018 presidential general election, a 56-page special report looks at Colombia's challenges and strategies moving forward.

Read a policy briefing and recommendations from the new issue of Americas Quarterly.

Conectar las agendas de seguridad, paz y desarrollo será crucial para aprovechar los logros recientes.

With more than two dozen potential candidates, Colombia’s 2018 race is up for grabs. Is there room for surprise among so many familiar faces?

Without conflict to bring them together, Colombians are confronting their differences, and engaging in the messy business of democracy.

"The impression now is clearly of an opposition that is prostrate before the [Venezuelan] government,” said AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth.

A robust state can help do away with corruption - and ensure peace in Colombia.