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June 5, 2023

Latin America
Latin America Update: Outlook on Democracy

Panelists discuss the status of democracy in Latin America, including the possibility of increased U.S. support, and the trends contributing to fluctuations in democracy across the region.  This m…

Play Santiago Pena waves flag at campaign rally
Virtual Event by Will Freeman, Steven Levitsky, Mary E. Sheridan, and Jennifer L. McCoy

September 7, 2023

Latin America Studies Program
Latin America This Week: September 7, 2023

Petro’s latest scandal could reenergize Colombia’s lackluster conservative opposition; foreign direct investment in Latin America defies global downturn.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro attends event with the Colombian government's peace negotiators and members of the ELN.
Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil and Will Freeman Latin America’s Moment

October 25, 2023

Drug Policy
America’s Fentanyl Epidemic: The China Connection

Over the past few years, a new threat has emerged as a leading cause of death in the United States: fentanyl. Yet even as the drug wreaks havoc on Americans lives, preventing its flow into the United…

Podcast Illicit prescription pills laced with fentanyl.
Podcast by Gabrielle Sierra, Thomas J. Bollyky, Zongyuan Zoe Liu, and Shannon K. O'Neil Why It Matters

August 1, 2023

Latin America
Latin America’s Crime Surge, With Will Freeman

Will Freeman, a fellow for Latin America studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss spiking crime rates across Latin America and their consequences for the region and the United State…

Podcast A soldier detains a man in San Salvador, El Salvador, on April 4, 2022.
Podcast by James M. Lindsay and Will Freeman The President’s Inbox

September 27, 2023

South Korea
The Camp David Trilateral Summit Expands Trilateralism Beyond North Korea

The inclusion of China in addition to North Korea as a shared security concern among the United States, South Korea, and Japan has established a new milestone for strengthened trilateral cooperation…

U.S. President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrive for a joint press conference during the trilateral summit at Camp David on August 18, 2023.
Blog Post by Scott A. Snyder Asia Unbound

September 7, 2023

North Korea
The Perils of a Renewed North Korea-Russia Relationship

Warming relations between the two pariah states could foster a mutually beneficial weapons and technology trade and raise tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

In Brief by Scott A. Snyder Asia Program

August 9, 2023

Latin America
Latin America This Week: August 9, 2023

Hot winters in the Andes and Southern Cone threaten Latin America’s advantages; Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico aim to ride U.S. semiconductor industrial policy coattails; Colombia’s new ceasefire agreeme…

One of Intel’s buildings in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil and Will Freeman Latin America’s Moment

August 16, 2023

Latin America
Latin America This Week: August 16, 2023

Latin America’s anti-incumbency wave rolls through Argentina; Governments look to lithium to spur industrialization; assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate reveals state capture by organi…

Photo of Javier Milei
Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil and Will Freeman Latin America’s Moment