Central America

Current Research

• Twitosphere: The New Frontier for Human Security in Mexico

  Drug-related violence across Mexico continues to escalate despite government efforts to dismantle powerful cartels. Traditional media sources, such as newspapers and television, have curbed

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• Government of Canada Announces SICA 1540 Coordinator

  The Government of Canada has announced that it will fund a UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540 Coordinator in the Central American Integration System (SICA). This announcement

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• OAS lauds Stimson’s “dual use” UNSCR 1540 implementation model at South America meeting

  During the opening remarks of a recent South America UN Security Council Resolution 1540 meeting in Lima Peru, Mr. Gordon Duguid, a senior official of the Organization of American States,

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• “UNSCR 1540 Implementation in the Americas: A Model for Success”

  In collaboration with the Stimson Center and the Stanley Foundation, the Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations hosted a luncheon and panel discussion entitled “UNSCR 1540 … Read More »

• A “Dual Use” Approach to Development and Security in Central America

  Few regions of the world better illustrate the intimate nexus between human development and security than does Central America. A region of inherent economic and social promise, its

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• WMD, Drugs, and Criminal Gangs in Central America

  Few regions of the world better illustrate the intimate nexus between human development and security than does Central America, this Stimson Center and Stanley Foundation project report

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• MAB participates in workshop for SICA Member States on implementation of Resolution 1540

  May 5, 2010 - The Stimson Center and the Stanley Foundation, in collaboration with the Office of the Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States, the Secretariat

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• MAB participates in Organization of American States’ hearing on support for Resolution 1540

  The Committee on Hemispheric Security of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) held a hearing on support for Resolution 1540 at the hemispheric level.  Stimson

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