Ecuador’s Energy Policy Mix: Development, Conservation and Nationalism with Chinese Loans (ARI)
Ecuador’s energy policy faces a complex variety of political and economic objectives that are difficult to reconcile in a consistent manner.
Latin America
Aid to Haiti: Reconstruction Amidst Political Uncertainty (ARI)
Following the 20 March 2011 elections, Haiti faces a potential political stalemate whilst confronting the massive reconstruction needs created by last year’s earthquake.
Latin America: Economic and Political Outlook for 2011 (ARI)
Latin America's economic and political outlook for 2011 is favourable. Growth and political stability appear to be guaranteed, although there are some risks on the horizon.
China-Spain-Latin America Triangulation in a Chinese Perspective (ARI)
This paper looks at the prospects for triangulation between China, Spain and Latin America in the wake of the Sinopec-Repsol deal in Brazil.
Brazilian Cooperation: a model under construction for an emerging power (ARI)
The media, analysts and markets have focused a great deal of attention on the consolidation of Brazil as an emerging power, mainly in the economic and global governance spheres. However, there is little information and few studies on cooperation as an instrument of Brazilian foreign policy or on Brazil’s role in the new architecture of aid, despite its increasing presence in Africa and its leading role in debates on international development.
The Cuban Monetary and Financial Jigsaw Puzzle (ARI)
The 2008-09 balance of payments crisis and a succession of errors in economic policies have resulted in new monetary and financial complications in the Cuban economy, to be added to the costs and distortions of currency duality.
Tourism Development and Regional Integration in Central America (ARI)
What is the relationship between tourism and regional integration in Central America?
Too Big a World? Lula, Brazil and the Middle East (ARI)
The new activism of the Brazilian government and its President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in the Middle East has opened up a new front for Brazil’s foreign policy, with significant risks to the chances of its experienced leader engineering a successful outcome.
Haiti: the US and Military Aid in Times of Natural Disaster (ARI)
This paper analyses the US military deployment in Haiti after the earthquake of 12 January, which caused catastrophic damage in the poorest country in the Americas.
Haiti: Geopolitical Turmoil in the Wake of the Earthquake (ARI)
What are the international and domestic implications of the Haiti earthquake?
The Impact of the International Financial Crisis on Brazil (ARI)
This ARI examines the impact of the global financial crisis on the Brazilian economy and the ways in which the country has managed to react positively to the ensuing challenges, without overlooking the new challenges that it will have to face in the future.
Sparks of War? Military Cooperation between Colombia and the US from a Strategic Perspective (ARI)
The military cooperation agreement signed between Colombia and the US in November 2009 unleashed a flurry of debate in the continent regarding the scope of the fight against narcoterrorism and the presence of US forces in Latin America.