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- The Doorstep: The U.S. & Latin America under Joe Biden with the Wilson Center's Cynthia Arnson
11/20/2020
What will a Biden administration mean for Latin America? In this week's "Doorstep," hosts Tatiana Serafin and Nikolas Gvosdev are joined by the Wilson Center's Cynthia Arnson to speak about how events unfolding in Latin American will affect U.S. demographics and politics in 2021 and beyond. With climate change as a centerpiece of his foreign policy agenda, how will Biden approach Brazil? How will his polices differ from Trump when it comes to Venezuela, Cuba, and Central America? How are youth movements in Latin America influencing and inspiring protests happening across the U.S.?
11/20/20 - "Remain in Mexico" & Immigration Policy in 2020, with Molly O'Toole
06/24/2020
Molly O'Toole, immigration and security reporter at the "Los Angeles Times," discusses Trump's "Remain in Mexico" asylum policy and its many ethical and legal issues. What's the status of challenges against this policy? How has it been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic? Plus, she draws some connections between the George Floyd protests against policy brutality and the issues that migrants face at the border.
06/24/20 - Migration in the Americas, Empathy, & Politics, with Daniela Segovia
10/29/2019
Political scientist Daniela Segovia, currently an Eisenhower Fellow, discusses the importance of empathy when working on and thinking about migration policy in Latin America. She also touches on her own story as a Venezuelan migrant living in Mexico. What should governments and international organizations be doing? How can concerned citizens help?
10/29/19 - Promoting Human Rights in the Developing World, with American Jewish World Service's Robert Bank
05/02/2018
Growing up in Apartheid-era South Africa, Robert Bank cared about social injustice from an early age. Today he travels the world for AJWS, working with local activists on a range of issues such as women's rights in India and LGBT rights in Uganda. "My job—very much like a conductor of an orchestra in some way—is to ensure that every instrument has its beautiful voice heard and that this melody is given the opportunity to really soar."
05/02/18 - Rescue: Refugees and the Political Crisis of Our Time, with David Miliband
12/04/2017
Today there are 65 million people who have fled their homes because of conflict or persecution, says the International Rescue Committee's David Miliband. These are refugees not economic migrants, and half of them are children. It's a long-term crisis that will last our lifetimes. Why should we care? And what can we do about it, both at a policy level and as individuals?
12/04/17 - Asylum in the United States for Unaccompanied Children
02/07/2017
The current magnitude of child migration to the United States is unprecedented. How does the U.S. asylum process for unaccompanied children work? The views and analyses expressed in this article are the author's alone and do not represent the positions of any U.S. government entity or the American Bar Association.
02/07/17 - Brazil as an Emerging Environmental Donor
04/17/2012
Under the banner of solidarity diplomacy, Brazil is spreading its homegrown development innovations, including biofuel technologies.
04/17/12 - Do World Bank Country Classifications Hurt the Poor?
03/12/2012
The incoming World Bank president should create a more sophisticated system for classifying countries as low or middle income, using broad development indicators.
03/12/12 - Obama's Tricky Trip to El Salvador
03/24/2011
Coming into office, Obama seemed to be in tune with Latin America in terms of economic policy, but the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations indicate an about-face.
03/24/11 - Rebuilding War-Torn States: The Challenge of Post-Conflict Economic Reconstruction
06/24/2010
After wars end, what steps should countries take to consolidate peace? Graciana del Castillo identifies five premises that are necessary for war economies to transition into sustainable and productive markets.
06/24/10 - Obama's Grade on Trade: B
02/09/2010
Beyond the uncertain fate of trade agreements left over from the Bush years, President Obama has yet to implement the promises for trade reform he made on the campaign trail.
02/09/10