Peña Nieto’s Piñata: The Promise and Pitfalls of Mexico’s New Security Policy against Organized Crime

February 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown

Big Bets and Black Swans: Foreign Policy Challenges for President Obama’s Second Term

January 17, 2013

Would Another Peace Accord Help Central America?

August 27, 2012, Vanda Felbab-Brown

Solving the Drug Trafficking and Organized Crime Problem Without Greater Violence

August 2012, Vanda Felbab-Brown

There have been many, often credible allegations of the complicity of Venezuelan officials in the drug trade. Areas bordering Colombia are a major springboard for the cocaine trade onward, and the Venezuelan military is widely believed to be taking a cut on the trade, with complicity reaching high levels of the government.

April 28, 2012, Vanda Felbab-Brown

A Better Strategy to Combat Organized Crime in Mexico and Central America

April 13, 2012, Vanda Felbab-Brown and Eric Olson

No Stairway to Heaven: Rescuing Slums in Latin America

February 2, 2012, Vanda Felbab-Brown

Confronting Organized Crime and Urban Violence in Latin America

December 5, 2011, Vanda Felbab-Brown

Colombia’s Elections and Consolidation: Moving Beyond FARC and the Paramilitaries?

October 21, 2011

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Human Security and Crime in Latin America

September 2011, Vanda Felbab-Brown

Law Enforcement Actions in Urban Spaces: Lessons from Latin America

September 2011, Vanda Felbab-Brown

President Obama's Visit to a Favela in Rio: Below the Surface Calm

March 17, 2011, Vanda Felbab-Brown

A Tough Calderón-Obama Summit

March 2, 2011, Vanda Felbab-Brown

Around the Halls: Mexican President Felipe Calderón's Visit to Washington

March 1, 2011, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Joshua Meltzer and Diana Villiers Negroponte

Reducing Urban Violence: Lessons from Medellín, Colombia

February 14, 2011, Vanda Felbab-Brown

Colombian Coca Cultivation

July 7, 2010, Vanda Felbab-Brown

After the Presidential Elections: The Challenges Ahead in Colombia

July 6, 2010, Vanda Felbab-Brown

Beyond the Crisis? Thinking Strategically About Mexico’s Economic Future

June 25, 2010

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Narcotics International, Inc.: How Drug Cartels in Mexico and Elsewhere Undermine Governance

May 17, 2010, Vanda Felbab-Brown

Around the Halls: Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s Visit to the United States

May 14, 2010, Kevin Casas-Zamora, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Diana Villiers Negroponte, Andrés Rozental and José Tessada

Trip Report: Illicit Trade and Illegal Activity in Brazil

January 31, 2010, Vanda Felbab-Brown

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The Violent Drug Market in Mexico and Lessons from Colombia

March 2009, Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tackling Transnational Crime: Adapting U.S. National Security Policy

Spring 2008, Vanda Felbab-Brown

What President Bush Needs to Ask President Uribe

March 9, 2007, Vanda Felbab-Brown