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Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies and Director for Latin America Studies
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Phone: +1.202.509.8410
E-mail: jsweig@cfr.org
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Washington, DC
March 2006
Academic Module
In 1945, the United States was the founding impulse behind the cornerstones of the international community: the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the United Nations. At that time, American ideals were perceived to coincide with American actions, intended to expand social, legal, and economic protections around the world. Sixty years later, “Anti-America” has spread into a global phenomenon, crossing borders, classes, ideologies, religions, and generations.
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January/February 2009
Article
Cigar Aficionado
Julia E. Sweig provides a road map for President Obama to improve relations between the United States and Cuba.
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May 14, 2007
Article
The Nation
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Second Quarter 2000
Article
Milken Institute
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April 9, 2009
Audio
Listen to experts separate reality from rhetoric and discuss the goals of the upcoming Fifth Summit of the Americas, which is themed "Securing Our Citizens’ Future by Promoting Human Prosperity, Energy Security and Environmental Sustainability."
See more in Americas, Economic Development, Energy/Environment, Society and Culture
September 12, 2008
Audio
Listen to experts discuss U.S.-Latin America trade policies including CAFTA-DR, NAFTA, and farm subsidies.
This symposium was made possible by the generous support of the Ford Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
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February 19, 2008
Audio
Listen to experts discuss the implications of Fidel Castro's announcement that he will step down as the president of Cuba.
June 12, 2007
Audio
Listen to David Rothkopf, president and chief executive officer of Garten Rothkopf, and C. Ford Runge, distinguished McKnight university professor of applied economics at the University of Minnesota, discuss the potential impact of the increasing demand for biofuels on global energy and food security.
See more in Cuba, Energy Security, Biotechnology
November 27, 2006
Audio
Listen to experts discuss the foreign policy implications of the recent elections in Latin America.
June 26, 2006
Audio
Listen to Latin America experts discuss developments in Latin America over the part year, particularly the Bolivian and Mexican elections.
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May 15, 2006
Audio
Listen to Professors Robert Keohane and Peter Katzenstein and Council Senior Fellow Julia Sweig explore the complex global phenomenon of anti-Americanism.
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April 27, 2006
Audio
Listen to Council Senior Fellow Julia E. Sweig discuss the origins of “Anti-America” and her policy recommendations for the United States and its allies to ensure that anti-Americanism does not become a debilitating feature of international politics.
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April 20, 2006
Audio
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April 22, 2005
Audio
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June 2009
Book
In this compact reference guide, Julia E. Sweig presents a remarkably accessible portrait of Cuba’s unique place on the world stage over the past fifty years, including its internal politics, its often fraught relationship with the United States, and its shifting relationship with the global community.
See more in Cuba, Society and Culture
March 2006
Book
America quietly sowed the seeds of its own decline in the eyes of the world in its own backyard. In Latin America, under the guise of anti-communism, we sponsored dictatorships, turned a blind eye to killing squads, and tolerated the subversion of democracy. Almost nobody knew, so it didn’t matter, right?
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May 2002
Book
In her book, Council Senior Fellow Julia Sweig shatters the mythology surrounding the Cuban Revolution in a compelling revisionist history that reconsiders the roles of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara and restores to a central position the leadership of the Cuban urban underground, the Llano.
See more in Cuba, Democracy and Human Rights, Society and Culture
November 17, 2008
Expert Brief
CFR's Latin America Studies Program outlines the implications of the global financial crisis for Latin America.
See more in Americas, Central America, South America, Economics, Emerging Markets, International Finance
September/October 2002
Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
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Explore the international finance regime with a new interactive from CFR's program on International Institutions and Global Governance.
Identifying international threats and acting on them may be the most difficult job for U.S. policymakers. This report
provides an actionable road map for managing international threats before they erupt into crises and makes a strong case that preventive action is not a luxury but a necessity.
For more than a decade, the United States has mostly watched from the sidelines as Asian countries organize themselves into an alphabet soup of new multilateral groups. In this report, the authors review the relationship between pan-Asian and trans-Pacific institutions and suggest policy guidelines for a new U.S. approach to this new Asian landscape.
Complete list of Council Special Reports
Start-Up Nation addresses the trillion-dollar question: How is it that Israel—a country of 7.1 million, only sixty years old, surrounded by enemies— produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Japan, China, India, Korea, Canada, and the UK? With the insights of geopolitical experts and investors, the authors examine this nation’s adversity-driven culture to answer this question and offer prescriptions for a global economy on the rebound.
In Forces of Fortune, Vali Nasr presents a paradigm-changing revelation that will transform the understanding of the Muslim world at large. He reveals that there is a vital but unseen rising force in the Islamic world—a new business-minded middle class—that is building a vibrant new Muslim world economy and that holds the key to winning the cold war against Iran and extremists.
In Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know, Julia E. Sweig presents a remarkably accessible portrait of Cuba's unique place on the world stage over the past fifty years, including its internal politics, its often fraught relationship with the United States, and its shifting relationship with the global community.
Complete list of CFR Books
For more information on the David Rockefeller Studies Program, contact:
James M. Lindsay
Senior Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair
+1.212.434.9626 (NY); +1.202.509.8405 (DC)
jlindsay@cfr.org
Janine Hill
Deputy Director of Studies Administration
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jhill@cfr.org
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