Follow this road map. It can take Haiti from violent chaos to progress and peace
As three long-term observers of the country, we argue that a more assertive international response is needed and offer the following road map to help Haiti reset.
Keith Mines is currently the director of the Latin America program at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP). Keith joined USIP after a career at the State Department, where he was most recently director for Andean and Venezuelan affairs. In 32 years of diplomatic and military service, he has worked on governance and institution building in Central America and Colombia; Middle East peace in Israel and the West Bank; post-conflict stabilization in Haiti, Iraq and Afghanistan; global financial stability and the environment in Brazil; security sector reform in Hungary; famine relief and tribal reconciliation in Darfur and Somali; and creating a culture of lawfulness as the first director of the Merida Initiative in Mexico City.
Mines contributes frequently to publications such as the Foreign Service Journal and Orbis, and has written extensively on post-conflict stabilization, peacebuilding and negotiations, and the roots of civil conflict. His book, “Why Nation Building Matters: Political Consolidation, Building Security Forces, and Economic Development in Failed and Fragile States,” was published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2020. Mines has a bachelor’s in history from Brigham Young University and a master’s in foreign service from Georgetown University.
Mines is a member of the Think Tank Haiti (TTH) network and co-founder of USIP and the Dialogue’s Haiti Working Group.
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Would Intervention by Foreign Troops Help Stabilize Haiti?
A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ viewpoints on Haiti’s appeal for foreign intervention to help stabilize the country.
