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The United States and Columbia: the journey from ambiguity to strategic clarity

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Shaping the regional security environment in Latin AmericaPublication details: Carlisle PA. USA: Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College, 2003Description: 78pISBN:
  • 1584871253 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Summary: The United States and Latin America are developing greater economic integration but at the same time the security situation in a number of countries in the region has got worse. The US has changed its approach to Columbia from a purely counternarcotics policy to more comprehensive support for national security. This paper looks at the problems that need to be overcome in the context of a weak state with ungoverned space, a situation made worse by large scale international organised crime and illegal drugs.
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The United States and Latin America are developing greater economic integration but at the same time the security situation in a number of countries in the region has got worse. The US has changed its approach to Columbia from a purely counternarcotics policy to more comprehensive support for national security. This paper looks at the problems that need to be overcome in the context of a weak state with ungoverned space, a situation made worse by large scale international organised crime and illegal drugs.

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