MARCELLA Gabriel <br/><br/>
The United States and Columbia:  the journey from ambiguity to strategic clarity 

 - Carlisle PA. USA:  Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College,  2003 
 - 78p. 
 - Shaping the regional security environment in Latin America .
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1584871253 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>COLOMBIA--NATIONAL SECURITY<br/>TRANSNATIONAL CRIME<br/>UNITED STATES--FOREIGN POLICY--COLUMBIA