A Massive Drug Trade, and No Violence
Originally Published in The Atlantic Peru is the single largest producer of cocaine in the world. It’s also an incredibly safe country. Peru... Read More
Haiti’s Silenced Victims
Originally Published in The New York Times A TEXT MESSAGE was the first sign that something was wrong. In the week after... Read More
Killing them softly in Medellin
Originally Published in openDemocracy More than sixty musicians were threatened with death immediately after El Duke´s funeral. The ceremony was considered a provocation... Read More
Disrupting Illicit Arms
Google Ideas INFO Summit – Disrupting Illicit Arms: This panel looked at the illicit arms trade and discussed how small arms, such as... Read More
A fine balance: Mapping cyber (in)security in Latin America
Latin American governments are worried about criminality in cyberspace. Like all regions around the world, Latin America is experiencing an information revolution.... Read More
Understanding Security from the Bottom-Up in Haiti
After the 2010 earthquake killed some 160,000 people in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, international actors rapidly focused on increased policing and security sector... Read More
Field Notes: Colombia’s Disarmed Paramilitaries
This research, based on original field work, considers Colombia’s challenges with striving to reintegrate 30,000 demobilized paramilitary fighters into local communities. It explores... Read More