Fall 2016
Volume 19, Issue 1
21 September
Photo credit: Plaintain farmer in Quindio, Colombia
©Neil Palmer, https://www.flickr.com/photos/ciat/4875330949/
With the new peace between the Colombian government and the FARC, the US should update Plan Colombia. A robust defense of property rights would be a good start.
Although sometimes ignored as the vestiges of the old USSR, the five “Stans” of Central Asia are crucial to the world balance of power and US efforts against narcotics and terrorism.
Political dissidents from Russia may fear physical assassination less these days, but character assassination through cyber means is on the rise—with new dangers for US citizens.
