Dear Colleague,
I am writing to share my new work, “Toward a Strategy for Responding to the PRC in Latin America,” just published by Global Americans.
The work argues that the problem is not the “lack of a strategy,” but ensuring that the strategies that we apply are appropriate, adequately resourced and coordinated, and the tools we use are up to the task. In addition to concisely stating the nature of the risks to the US and the region arising from some dimensions of PRC engagement, the recommendations advanced by the work include: (1) holding the line for Western corporations, strategic technologies and liberal institutions, (2) helping our partners to strengthen their institutions to get a better deal from their work with the PRC and other actors; (3) fixing, rightsizing and better coordinating our institutional tools for competing, (4) improving our data supported messaging, and (5) advancing clear new strategic concepts for the military as part of a whole of government response, coordinate with our likeminded allies;
The article is available here for download:
It is also available through Global Americans, which published it:
https://theglobalamericans.org/2022/10/toward-a-strategy-for-responding-to-the-prc-in-latin-america/
Podcasts
I would also like to call your attention to my weekly hour-long radio session on the John Batchelor Show, “The New World Report.” It is my in-depth interpretation, with John Batchelor, of contemporary events occurring across the region each week. Other regular guests on the program discussing contemporary issues of the region include Colombian Senator Maria Fernanda Cabral, former Brazilian Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo, and Joseph Humire. The latest episodes are available as podcasts at:
https://audioboom.com/posts/8165632-newworldreport-food-insecurity-in-the-global-south-latin-american-research-professor-evan-elli
https://audioboom.com/posts/8165630-newworldreport-puertorico-la-junta-and-recovery-latin-american-research-professor-evan-ell
https://audioboom.com/posts/8165631-newworldreport-colombia-petro-at-the-border-latin-american-research-professor-evan-ellis-u
https://audioboom.com/posts/8165629-newworldreport-brazil-the-pink-tide-flows-latin-american-research-professor-evan-ellis-u
Website for all Publications:
I would also like to note my professional website where you can access the present, and all of my past publications, as well as select webinars and podcasts:
https://revanellis.com/
Book on China-Latin America:
And, of course, my latest book, China Engages Latin America: Distorting Development and Democracy, is available through my publisher Palgrave-Macmillan, at:
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-96049-0
Please feel free to share this post with a friend or colleague. If you would like to be included in my (always free) distribution list, I welcome the opportunity to include you:
Thank you, as always, for your interest in my work.
Respectfully,
R. Evan Ellis, PhD
Latin America Research Professor
U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute
@REvanEllis
Website: https://revanellis.com
Thank you Prof. Ellis for sharing your excellent analysis. Wish you all the best.