Americas

The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) and The University of Miami Knight Center for International Media held the inaugural session of:

Our Global Challenges:
A Series of Dialogues on the Most Pressing Global Issues of our Time

A discussion was held for the publication Countering Threats to Security and Stability in a Failing State.

Introduction by:
John J. Hamre
President and CEO of CSIS

Panel discussion with:
Peter DeShazo and Johanna Mendelson Forman

The Mesoamerican corridor has long facilitated the illegal movement of drugs north to the United States and of arms from the United States to Mexico and countries further south.  Humans and endangered species also form part of the flow of illegal traffic bound for markets in the United States and beyond.  Evidence suggests that the traffic of drugs, arms, people and animals in

Panelists

The Americas Program of the Center for Strategic and International Studies hosted the seventh installment in our Cuba Outlook Series: "Cuba: An International Perspective"

With presentations by:

This event examined in detail the Venezuela-Russia relationship, the progress of that relationship under Hugo Chávez and Vladimir Putin, and the political, military, trade, economic, energy, and international dimension of bilateral relations.

Ambassador Brownfield briefed on President Álvaro Uribe’s visit to Washington and discuss the U.S.–Colombia relationship.

Following his presentation, Ambassador Brownfield took questions from the audience.

This event was open to the media and on-the-record.