U.S. Foreign Policy in the Hemisphere

FEATURED

Is the United States more disengaged from Latin America than in years past? In the spring of 2014, Michael Shifter, president of the Dialogue, testified before the House Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere. He addressed concerns that the United States has retreated from the region, and how US relations with Latin America have evolved. He said, "Rather than blame the current or previous US administrations, it is best to put today’s situation in proper perspective. The fact is over the past decade or so, Latin America has changed in profound ways. Many Latin American economies have performed well and have multiplied their global ties. Politically, they are increasingly confident on the world stage. More than in the recent past, the United States is now but one of many countries involved in the region’s affairs."

Yet Obama's foreign policy towards Latin America has evolved in important ways since he took office in 2008. Michael Shifter speaks with CCTV on how expectations have become tempered over the past years.

ABOUT

The program on US Foreign Policy explores the hemispheric implications of US policy toward Latin America and the Caribbean. Through the Congressional Members Working Group dinner series and other events, the Dialogue connects regional leaders to the US policy community in Washington and provides an open forum for exchange. Initiatives like the Drug Policy Program offer a more focused environment in which to build hemispheric consensus on divisive policy challenges. Dialogue experts also spark new conversations with timely and incisive foreign policy analysis.

STAFF

Michael Shifter, President
Peter Hakim, President Emeritus
Joan Caivano, Deputy to the President/Director of Special Projects
Murat Dagli, Program Assistant

For more information, please contact Murat Dagli at mdagli@thedialogue.org.

ARTICLES & OP-EDS

The future of US–Brazil relations: confrontation, cooperation or detachment? by Peter Hakim, International Affairs, September 2014.
U.S. should have tried nation-building in Central America, not Iraq and Afghanistan, by Robert McCartney, The Washington Post 16 July 2014.
Estados Unidos y América Latina: ¿una nueva agenda política? by Peter Hakim, IV Foro Internacional de Análisis Político, FIAP 2014 (p. 81), published July 2014.
To keep kids from our borders, fix things farther south, by Peter Hakim, Reuters, 14 July 2014 and Infolatam, 27 August 2014.
A New Normal for US-Brazil Relations, by Peter Hakim, Estadão, 30 June 2014 (Português).
Una nueva agenda de política comercial para las Américas, by Peter Hakim, Infolatam and China Policy Review, 4 June 2014 (English)
The United States and Central America’s Northern Tier: The Ongoing Disconnect, by Hector Silva Ávalos, March 2014.
Failing Policies in Cuba and the U.S., by Peter Hakim, LatinPulse, 14 February 2014.
A Critical Test of Leadership, by Thomas F. "Mack" McLarty and Nelson W. Cunningham, Huffington Post, 2 February 2014.
El milagro del año 2000, by Moisés Naím , El País, 25 January 2014.
The Future of Inter-American Relations, Peter Hakim in Calgary Papers in Military and Strategic Studies, January 6, 2014.
What Does 2014 Hold for U.S.-Latin America Relations?, Q&A from the Dialogue's daily Latin America Advisor featuring Arturo Sarukhán, Rubens Barbosa, Peter Hakim, Julia Buxton, and Riordan Roett, December 20, 2013.
Para analista, sentimento entre os países está mais negativo, Peter Hakim in Jornal Valor Econômico, December 17, 2013
President Juan Manuel Santos Comes to Washington/Tras la visita de Santos a Obama, todo sigue igual: es decir, bien, Peter Hakim in Infolatam, December 6, 2013.
U.S.-Brazil Relations at an Impasse, Peter Hakim in Revista Brasileira de Comercio Exterior, December 2, 2013. (Portuguese)
'Tras casi 200 años, era hora de enterrar la Doctrina Monroe', Michael Shifter in El Tiempo, November 24, 2013.
El legado de JFK, by Michael Shifter in El Colombiano, November 23, 2013.
Presidents and Popularity Polls, by Peter Hakim in LatinPulse, October 23, 2013.
A visita de Estado que não houve, by Peter Hakim in Estadão, October 14, 2013. (English)
'Obamacare', manzana de la discordia, Michael Shifter in El Tiempo, October 1, 2013.
August Recess: A Time to Align Poltical Forces, Michael Shifter in El Colombiano, August 13, 2013. (Español)
China y EE.UU. en Latam: ¿quien gana?, Peter Hakim in Infolatam, July 30, 2013.
Why Latin America (Hearts) Snowden , Peter Hakim in Reuters, July 17, 2013. (Español)
Christian and LGBT Groups Have Brought the Battle for Gay Rights to the Caribbean, Cameron Combs in The Atlantic, June 27, 2013.
Which Mexico for Obama? Peter Hakim, Reuters, May 1, 2013.
La década que fue, Michael Shifter in El País, March 13, 2013. (English)
The Empire Makes Nice, Michael Shifter in Foreign Policy, March 11, 2013.
Brasil y EE UU están de acuerdo en el desacuerdo, Peter Hakim in Política Exterior, February 2013.
El gran paso con la reforma en EE.UU. By Michael Shifter in El Colombiano, February 5, 2013. (Español)