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Allies And Partners In Latin American And The Caribbean, Leland Lazarus, Robert Furton Nov 2023

Allies And Partners In Latin American And The Caribbean, Leland Lazarus, Robert Furton

Research Publications

Latin America and the Caribbean are expanding their global ties beyond U.S.-China competition, engaging with diverse partners like Canada, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and the European Union. These relationships span various sectors, from renewable energy investments by the EU to development projects funded by Taiwan and Japan in Central America. African nations are also enhancing trade, and South Korean investments, like a $4 billion lithium mine in Argentina, exemplify this growing international collaboration. This report catalogs LAC countries budding relations with countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and North America; and showcases the aid these countries are …


Graduate Course Catalog (Florida International University). [2023-2024], Florida International University Oct 2023

Graduate Course Catalog (Florida International University). [2023-2024], Florida International University

FIU Course Catalogs

This catalog contains a description of the various policies, graduate programs, degree requirements, and course offerings at Florida International University during the 2023-2024 academic year.


Graduate Course Catalog (Florida International University). [2022-2023], Florida International University Oct 2022

Graduate Course Catalog (Florida International University). [2022-2023], Florida International University

FIU Course Catalogs

This catalog contains a description of the various policies, graduate programs, degree requirements, and course offerings at Florida International University during the 2022-2023 academic year.


Tussle For The Amazon: New Frontiers In Brazil's Organized Crime Landscape, Ryan C. Berg Oct 2021

Tussle For The Amazon: New Frontiers In Brazil's Organized Crime Landscape, Ryan C. Berg

Research Publications

Brazil is witnessing a “tussle for the Amazon”—a new and deadly phase in the history of its organized crime groups and their operations. While the country is no stranger to violent criminal organizations, recent years have seen groups building increasingly sophisticated networks, both within and beyond Brazil’s borders. In the strategic state of Amazonas, these developments have sparked a power struggle between several of the country’s largest criminal organizations that has concerning implications for the stability of Brazil as a whole. This “tussle” is more than a mere clash between Brazil’s transnational organized crime groups. It is a threat to …


The Cycle Of Risk: Impact Of Climate Change On Security Challenges In The Caribbean, Wazim Mowla Oct 2021

The Cycle Of Risk: Impact Of Climate Change On Security Challenges In The Caribbean, Wazim Mowla

Research Publications

The intersection of climate change and security has geopolitical considerations for Caribbean countries and the United States. Addressing climate change through recovery, resilience, and adaptation requires significant financing. In an indebted region, most governments will look elsewhere before agreeing to accept new loans from international financial institutions. Caribbean decision-makers are pragmatic actors, meaning there are opportunities for U.S. counterparts, such as China and Russia, to strengthen diplomatic ties by offering aid or low-interest loans to governments and others on a smaller scale, such as Venezuela and Cuba. Resilient recovery, access to low-interest financing, expansion of the regional security system, and …


Undergraduate Course Catalog (Florida International University). [2021-2022], Florida International University Oct 2021

Undergraduate Course Catalog (Florida International University). [2021-2022], Florida International University

FIU Course Catalogs

This catalog contains a description of the various policies, undergraduate programs, degree requirements, and course offerings at Florida International University during the 2021-2022 academic year.


Graduate Course Catalog (Florida International University). [2021-2022], Florida International University Oct 2021

Graduate Course Catalog (Florida International University). [2021-2022], Florida International University

FIU Course Catalogs

This catalog contains a description of the various policies, graduate programs, degree requirements, and course offerings at Florida International University during the 2021-2022 academic year.


Developing Methodologies To Assess Organized Crime Strategies In Latin America, Mark Ungar Sep 2021

Developing Methodologies To Assess Organized Crime Strategies In Latin America, Mark Ungar

Research Publications

Because of the increasingly organized and lethal nature of criminality in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized crime policy may be the single most important safeguard for regional security. A policy-relevant understanding requires disentangling these crimes’ many overlapping sources, removing embedded layers of methodological obstruction, and attuning responses with organized crime practice. Using embedded mixed methods to incorporate the ways in which available quantitative data and policies reflect the qualitative conditions of the agencies and processes that produce it, this report works to identify these broken, frayed or invisible inter-connections through a methodological framework as broadly flexible as the criminality …


Environmental Explanations Of Central American Migration: Challenges And Policy Recommendations, Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian, Diego Chaves-González Aug 2021

Environmental Explanations Of Central American Migration: Challenges And Policy Recommendations, Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian, Diego Chaves-González

Research Publications

In this report, the authors argue that when countries and relevant stakeholders do not prioritize disaster preparedness and foster community resilience, extreme climate events can deplete people’s material and socioeconomic well-being. This results in internal displacement as people seek economic opportunities and social protection, which may exacerbate conflict and social tension in the cities they move to. Ultimately, this helps explain one unexamined consideration driving migration to the United States from the Northern Triangle countries.


Militarism And The Militarization Of Public Security In Latin America And The Caribbean, Carlos Solar Jul 2021

Militarism And The Militarization Of Public Security In Latin America And The Caribbean, Carlos Solar

Research Publications

While the effects of militarism and militarization toward security are evident in the Americas, most notably transmitted via images of soldiers complementing and replacing law enforcement agencies at times of social crisis, this report seeks potential answers to what this means in theory and practice. The author does this in two ways. First, it unpacks an up-to-date understanding of militarism and militarization aiming to feed academic and policy debates with a perspective on what citizens in Latin America and the Caribbean think. Second, it expands knowledge of militarism and militarization informing security and defense planners, specifically those preparing tailored policies …


The Green School Magazine 2020-2021, Steven J. Green School Of International & Public Affairs, Florida International University Jan 2021

The Green School Magazine 2020-2021, Steven J. Green School Of International & Public Affairs, Florida International University

The Green School Magazine

No abstract provided.


Undergraduate Course Catalog (Florida International University). [2020-2021], Florida International University Oct 2020

Undergraduate Course Catalog (Florida International University). [2020-2021], Florida International University

FIU Course Catalogs

This catalog contains a description of the various policies, undergraduate programs, degree requirements, and course offerings at Florida International University during the 2020-2021 academic year.


Graduate Course Catalog (Florida International University). [2020-2021], Florida International University Oct 2020

Graduate Course Catalog (Florida International University). [2020-2021], Florida International University

FIU Course Catalogs

This catalog contains a description of the various policies, graduate programs, degree requirements, and course offerings at Florida International University during the 2020-2021 academic year.


2020 Spring Florida International University Virtual Commencement, Florida International University May 2020

2020 Spring Florida International University Virtual Commencement, Florida International University

FIU Commencement Programs

Program for the 2020 Spring Florida International University Virtual Commencement.


The Green School Magazine 2019-2020, Steven J. Green School Of International & Public Affairs, Florida International University Jan 2020

The Green School Magazine 2019-2020, Steven J. Green School Of International & Public Affairs, Florida International University

The Green School Magazine

No abstract provided.


2019 Fall Florida International University Commencement, Florida International University Dec 2019

2019 Fall Florida International University Commencement, Florida International University

FIU Commencement Programs

Program for the 2019 Fall Florida International University Commencement.


Undergraduate Course Catalog (Florida International University). [2019-2020], Florida International University Oct 2019

Undergraduate Course Catalog (Florida International University). [2019-2020], Florida International University

FIU Course Catalogs

This catalog contains a description of the various policies, undergraduate programs, degree requirements, and course offerings at Florida International University during the 2019-2020 academic year.


Graduate Course Catalog (Florida International University). [2019-2020], Florida International University Oct 2019

Graduate Course Catalog (Florida International University). [2019-2020], Florida International University

FIU Course Catalogs

This catalog contains a description of the various policies, graduate programs, degree requirements, and course offerings at Florida International University during the 2019-2020 academic year.


2019 Summer Florida International University Commencement, Florida International University Jul 2019

2019 Summer Florida International University Commencement, Florida International University

FIU Commencement Programs

Program for the 2019 Summer Florida International University Commencement.


Center For Women's And Gender Studies Annual Report 2018-2019, Center For Women's And Gender Studies, Florida International University Jun 2019

Center For Women's And Gender Studies Annual Report 2018-2019, Center For Women's And Gender Studies, Florida International University

Center for Women's and Gender Studies Annual Reports

No abstract provided.


2019 Spring Florida International University Commencement, Florida International University Apr 2019

2019 Spring Florida International University Commencement, Florida International University

FIU Commencement Programs

Program for the 2019 Spring Florida International University Commencement.


Ored Communicator - April 2019, Office Of Research And Economic Development, Florida International University Apr 2019

Ored Communicator - April 2019, Office Of Research And Economic Development, Florida International University

Office of Research and Economic Development Newsletters

The April 2019 issue of the Office of Research and Economic Development newsletter.


Ored Communicator - March 2019, Office Of Research And Economic Development, Florida International University Mar 2019

Ored Communicator - March 2019, Office Of Research And Economic Development, Florida International University

Office of Research and Economic Development Newsletters

The March 2019 issue of the Office of Research and Economic Development newsletter.


Ored Communicator - January/February 2019, Office Of Research And Economic Development, Florida International University Feb 2019

Ored Communicator - January/February 2019, Office Of Research And Economic Development, Florida International University

Office of Research and Economic Development Newsletters

The January/February 2019 issue of the Office of Research and Economic Development newsletter.


2018 Fall Florida International University Commencement, Florida International University Dec 2018

2018 Fall Florida International University Commencement, Florida International University

FIU Commencement Programs

Program for the 2018 Fall Florida International University Commencement.


Ored Communicator - December 2018, Office Of Research And Economic Development, Florida International University Dec 2018

Ored Communicator - December 2018, Office Of Research And Economic Development, Florida International University

Office of Research and Economic Development Newsletters

The December 2018 issue of the Office of Research and Economic Development newsletter.


Florida International University Magazine Fall 2018, Florida International University Division Of University Relations Oct 2018

Florida International University Magazine Fall 2018, Florida International University Division Of University Relations

FIU Magazine

Florida International University Magazine Fall 2018 Volume 40. 37 pages.


Udergraduate Course Catalog (Florida International University). [2018-2019], Florida International University Oct 2018

Udergraduate Course Catalog (Florida International University). [2018-2019], Florida International University

FIU Course Catalogs

This catalog contains a description of the various policies, undergraduate programs, degree requirements, and course offerings at Florida International University during the 2018-2019 academic year.


Graduate Course Catalog (Florida International University). [2018-2019], Florida International University Oct 2018

Graduate Course Catalog (Florida International University). [2018-2019], Florida International University

FIU Course Catalogs

This catalog contains a description of the various policies, graduate programs, degree requirements, and course offerings at Florida International University during the 2018_2029 academic year.


Ored Communicator - August 2018, Office Of Research And Economic Development, Florida International University Aug 2018

Ored Communicator - August 2018, Office Of Research And Economic Development, Florida International University

Office of Research and Economic Development Newsletters

No abstract provided.