Evan Ellis - Understanding PRC Engagement in the Caribbean
Dear Colleague,
With this email, I would like to share with you my new two-part series “Understanding PRC Engagement in the Caribbean.”
I argue that the region has particular strategic importance for the PRC, as a function of its geographic proximity to the United States as the U.S. southeastern maritime approach, its importance as a financial and logistics hub, and the location there of 5 of the 14 countries in the world maintaining diplomatic relations with Taiwan. That importance to the PRC is reflected in the significant focus that the region receives from the PRC, relative to the region’s population and economic size, with respect to investment and loans, people-to-people diplomacy, and political and security engagement.
Part 1 of the series focuses on PRC commercial and people-to-people engagement in the region. It is available here for download:
It is also available from Global Americans which published it:
https://theglobalamericans.org/2023/02/understanding-prc-commercial-engagement-and-people-to-people-relations-in-the-caribbean/
Part 2 of the series focuses on PRC political and security engagement in the Caribbean. It is available here for download:
As with Part 1, Part 2 is also available from Global Americans:
https://theglobalamericans.org/2023/02/understanding-prc-political-and-security-engagement-in-the-caribbean/
Podcast and Radio Shows:
I would also like to share with you the links to my latest programs on the John Batchelor Show, in his special ongoing series on Latin America, The New World Report. You may find these weekly podcasts, which we have been doing regularly for well over a year now, as a useful analysis of key events in the region. The full list is available on my website,
https://www.revanellis.com
The latest episodes include:
Haiti and Dominican Republic (February 15): https://audioboom.com/posts/8248218-newworldreportellis-dominicanrepublic-builds-a-wall-latin-american-research-professor-evan-el
Nicaragua (February 15): https://audioboom.com/posts/8248219-newworldreportellis-nicaragua-like-the-hermit-kingdom-of-the-americas-latin-american-research
Haiti (February 15): https://audioboom.com/posts/8248217-newworldreportellis-latin-american-re-haiti-catastrophic-professor-evan-ellis-u-s-army-wa
Amazon Deforestation (February 15): https://audioboom.com/posts/8248220-newworldreportellis-paradox-of-the-amazon-deforestation-latin-american-research-professor-eva
Website for all Publications:
As always, at my professional website 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:
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