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Bolivia on the Brink of Economic Collapse, a Deliberate Strategy?
- Dardo López-Dolz
- 04/13/2023
- Policy Reports
Bolivia is experiencing one of its worst financial crises in modern history. Its international reserves are the lowest they’ve been in 15 years and government bonds have the worst yields in 5 years.
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A conquista esplêndida
- 10/07/2019
- Policy Reports
SFS Special Report, "A Splendid Conquest," shows Chinese companies expand their access to Brazil’s strategic data and information.
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A Conquista Esplêndida (The Splendid Conquest) Executive Summary
- 10/07/2019
- Policy Reports
Executive Summary of SFS Special Report, "A Splendid Conquest," shows Chinese companies expand their access to Brazil’s strategic data and information.
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The Dragon and the Condor: Beyond China’s Economic Influence in the Americas
- Ricardo Neeb
- 02/21/2018
- Policy Reports
Mainstream analysis of China’s presence in Latin America almost exclusively concentrates on economics rather than politics, and often disregards military or security issues entirely.
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Turning the Tables: How Brazil Defeated an ISIS Threat
For several decades, Brazil has been criticized for serving as a haven for Islamist extremists in South America.
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Checking Iran’s Gambit: A Review of Canada’s Policy Toward the Islamic Republic
- Leonardo Gonzalez
- 05/15/2017
- Policy Reports
Dispatch provides an overview of Iran’s activities in Canada, including those of its proxy group Hezbollah, that led to Canada’s firm response in 2012.
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Suriname: The New Paradigm of a Criminalized State
An isolated country on the Caribbean coast of South America, Suriname, has long been identified as an ideal “transit zone” for narco-traffickers and other nefarious actors.
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Russia in Our Blind Spot: Using Intelligence Networks in South America to Infiltrate the United States
- Ricardo Neeb
- 01/28/2017
- Policy Reports
Russia, like the Soviet Union before it, is a source of expansion and aggression in Crimea, Ukraine, the Baltic states, Syria, and in cyberspace.
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