Nicaragua

July 13, 2023 | |

Iran’s President Conducts Influence Tour in Sub-Saharan Africa

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi wrapped up the final leg of his three-day visit to Sub-Saharan Africa with a stop in Zimbabwe on July 13, seeking to bolster Iran’s influence, trade, and business...

June 30, 2023 | Elaine K. Dezenski |

Washington Needs a New Economic Security Framework for the Americas

Washington must bring powerful answers to pressing issues in the region: populism, political unrest, and disinformation; water and food insecurity; extreme weather; mass migration; the evolving drug trade; money laundering and corruption; and weakened democratic institutions.

June 16, 2023 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Tehran Takes Caracas

On Monday, Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi began a five-day tour of Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua, three Latin American countries governed by authoritarian, anti-Western regimes. Raisi’s three predecessors...

June 13, 2023 | |

Iran’s Raisi Embarks on Five-Day Tour of Latin American Countries

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi landed in Caracas on June 12, the first stop of a five-day visit to Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua. Accompanying Raisi is a large delegation, including the Iranian ministers...

April 26, 2023 | Craig Singleton |

Upcoming Paraguayan Election a Bellwether for Taiwan’s International Standing

The outcome of this month’s hotly contested Paraguayan election will likely determine whether Asuncion maintains diplomatic relations with Taipei or switches recognition to Beijing, a move that would...

April 19, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

Losing Latin America

The U.S. retreats while China’s Communist rulers advance

January 25, 2023 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

How human rights activists chased off Venezuela’s strongman

The strongman leader of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, was due to attend a heads of state summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States in Buenos Aires on Monday. Maduro planned to hold important...

July 6, 2022 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Mystery Cargo

Senior Iranian and Venezuelan officials are traveling around the world on a cargo plane. Argentina detained them. But what are they up to?

May 11, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

Ukraine, Russia, and the U.S. national interest

A letter to J.D. Vance

April 27, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

Biden’s overdue National Security Strategy

If he understands the threats, it won’t be what he planned

March 2, 2022 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Accommodating Iran Will Be No More Successful Than Accommodating Russia

Putin’s horrifying war in Ukraine shows the likely results of the West continuing to ignore Iran’s nuclear quest

February 23, 2022 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Soleimani U

A new academic center in Caracas named after the Iranian mass murderer is the latest node in Tehran’s soft power network in Latin America

January 18, 2022 | Toby Dershowitz |

Don’t Bury Alberto Nisman Again

Those with the legal duty to seek the truth have done just the opposite. They are seeking to bury Alberto Nisman and his investigation once again.

January 12, 2022 | Emanuele Ottolenghi, Toby Dershowitz

Iran’s Mohsen Rezaee Should Face Justice

If Rezaee travels with impunity, Iran will seek to further push the limits, and legitimize the accused in the same way that it has done with near impunity in the nuclear file.

January 5, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

The new conquistadores

U.S. adversaries are becoming South American hegemons

January 1, 2022 | Cleo Paskal |

China enters new role as Pacific Islands policeman

China is winning, especially in the smaller countries. But as it refines its steps, and faces few counters, it will gain confidence and allies and move to bigger targets.

December 15, 2021 | Clifford D. May |

The empires strike back

America is threatened by neo-imperialists

September 30, 2020 | Aykan Erdemir, Philip Kowalski

‘Blue Homeland’ And The Irredentist Future Of Turkish Foreign Policy

Turkey and Greece, two NATO allies, nearly experienced a full-fledged military conflict in August. Two of their warships collided during a naval standoff over hydrocarbon exploration in the Eastern...

July 22, 2020 | Clifford D. May |

Mike Pompeo’s fight for unalienable rights

The Human Rights Establishment wants him out of the marketplace of ideas

May 26, 2020 | Saeed Ghasseminejad, Mohammad R. Jahan-Parvar

The Impact of Financial Sanctions: The Case of Iran 2011-2016

International Finance Discussion Papers