Analysis

中国比美国更了解拉美吗?

尽管地理距离遥远,但中国认识到包容性言论和发展导向政策对拉美政府的吸引力,在这一点上它也许胜过美国一筹。

Margaret Myers

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ 中美聚焦

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Latin America’s Unusual Leadership Vacuum

This year’s “electoral supercycle” could ignite a race to succeed Washington and Caracas as the hemisphere’s big players.

Michael Camilleri, Ben Raderstorf

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ Americas Quarterly

Prospects for expanding US natural gas exports to Latin America

Energy continues to be a bright spot in the US-Latin America relationship and new developments, like an uptick in US LNG exports, offer opportunities to increase energy security and cooperation across the Western Hemisphere.

Rebecca O’Connor

Event Summaries ˙

迎接中墨“蜜月期”

未来墨西哥与中国的联系势必逐渐加强。墨西哥的市场和资源对中国企业充满了吸引力。而中国政府也期待中墨关系发展“在打造中拉命运共同体进程中发挥示范带头作用”。

Margaret Myers, Ricardo Barrios

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ 澎湃新闻

China’s ‘Period of Strategic Opportunity’ in Mexico

In recent months, Beijing has launched an unprecedented charm offensive in Mexico, including a series of investments and renewed talk of a bilateral trade pact, among other forms of outreach.

Margaret Myers, Ricardo Barrios

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ The National Interest

Trump’s Withdrawal From the Paris Agreement

President Donald Trump’s announcement on June 1 that the United States would withdraw from the Paris climate agreement was met with widespread dismay and fears that the decision would put the entire global agreement in peril.

Lisa Viscidi

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ The New York Times

Video

Congressional Testimony: Energy Opportunities in South America

Lisa Viscidi, Director of the Energy, Climate Change and Extractive Industries Program, testified before the US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs on the subject of “Energy Opportunities in Latin America.”

Lisa Viscidi

Congressional Testimony ˙

Shale Development & the Environment: Policy Lessons for Latin America

As Latin American countries reassess their energy policies in light of lower oil prices, there is an opportunity to apply lessons learned from the US experience to enact regulations that mitigate environmental risks, strengthen public support, and attract investment.

Jed Bailey, Lisa Viscidi

Reports ˙

Natural Gas Market Outlook

Given their close proximity to the United States, LAC countries are well-positioned to capitalize on the surplus of US gas exports and current buyer’s market.

Lisa Viscidi, Carlos Sucre, Sean Karst

Reports ˙

Stonewall

20 Moments in LGBT History That You May Have Missed

As we celebrate lucky number ’13, here is a list of lesser-known milestones that demonstrate the LGBT community’s progress in such a short span of time.

Cameron Combs

Articles & Op-Eds ˙ ˙ Mic

Estándares para las escuelas norteamericanas: ¿Ayuda u obstáculo?

Los esfuerzos por reformar los colegios norteamericanos no son precisamente una novedad. Cuando en 1957 la Unión Soviética envió al Sputnik alrededor del globo terrestre, el Congreso Norteamericano dirigió su mirada a las escuelas para recobrar lo que creíamos tener: el liderazgo en el espacio. El movimiento de reforma currícular…

Elliot W. Eisner

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