Presentation of the book “Strategic Environment 2022: Security, Development, and National Defense”
On December 22nd of this year was the presentation of the book “Strategic Environment 2022: Security, Development, and National Defense,” which is the result of the collaboration between the National High Studies Center – Postgraduate Schulool and the Peruvian Army Center for Strategic Studies. This publication intends to encourage the discussion and idea-generation to face challenges related to Security, Developembt and National Defense.
Russia in Latin America: Variable Geometry of a Secondary Actor with Protagonist Aspirations
By: Carlos Malamud Rikles y Rogelio Núñez Castellano (22/12/2022).
Russia’s role in Latin America is framed in the changing global geopolitical context. Its renewed role in the region since 2008, reinforced following the invasion of Ukraine, is linked to that conquered by other emerging powers. Latin America perceives Russia as an option to diversify its international and economic-commercial relations, and break its historical dependence on the United States, as well as the current one with China. Moscow, however, has contributed to the fragmentation, polarization, reprimand, and subordinate position of the region. In the medium term, Russia could see its regional room for action reduced due to the growing Chinese potential and the authoritarian drift of Vladimir Putin’s regime nullifying Moscow as a possible ally for most Latin American countries.
New Developments in China-Latin America Engagement
By: Evan Ellis(20/12/2022).
This article examines the evolution of PRC activities in Latin America. It finds that the effects of COVID-19 and Russia’s Ukraine invasion, in combination with factors internal to the PRC, impeded the PRC advance in recent years, but that those restraining factors are dissipating, while sources of PRC leverage and associated opportunities are increasing, including the PRC’s increased importance as a commodity purchaser, source of loans and investments, as well as the need and willingness of the region’s increasingly left-oriented governments to work with the PRC. This work also examines how the PRC has increased its focus on strategic minerals, green energy, and both physical and digital infrastructure in the region, as well as space and military engagement. It also highlights the importance of the ongoing PRC campaign, focused on Central America and the Caribbean, to convince the region’s governments to derecognize Taiwan, advancing PRC influence and economic penetration of the states that change.
¿Cuánto más podría durar la guerra en Ucrania?
En la quinta edición de nuestro pódcast, Pensamiento Estratégico, el Dr. Farid Kahhat, analista principal del CEEEP, discute cuánto más podría durar la guerra en Ucrania a 10 meses de su inicio y comenzando el invierno en el hemisferio norte.
Award Ceremony of the “Peruvian Cross for Military Merit”
On December 16th of this year in the facilities of the Peruvian Army Center for Strategic Studies (CEEEP), Division General David Ojeda Parra, General Chief of Staff of the Army, on behalf of the Chancellor of Order, awarded the “Peruvian Cross for Military Merit” under the title of “Commander”, to the Colombian Army Colonel Juan Carlos Aristizabal Gonzalez, Military Attaché to the Embassy of Colombia in the Republic of Peru and analyst of the CEEEP, for worthy deeds in benefit of the army.
Presentation of the book “Challenges and Threats to the Security in Latin America”
On December 13th of this year, the book “Challenges and Threats to Security in Latin America” was presented, which is the result of collaborative work between the Peruvian Army Center for Strategic Studies, the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies and the Strategic Studies Institute from the US Army War College, along with the contribution of other important academic institutions like the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies, Real Instituto Elcano de España, the National Academy of Political and Strategic Studies of Chile, the International Security Center of the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria from Spain, the War College of Colombia and the War College of Brazil.
The Peruvian Army Center for Strategic Studies (CEEEP) signs a Memorandum of Understanding on Mutual Cooperation with the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI) from United Kingdom
On Diciembre 7, 2022, the Peruvian Army Center for Strategic Studies (CEEEP) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Mutual Cooperation with the prestigious Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI), of the United Kingdom.
Towards a new Cold War?
In the fourth edition of our podcast, Pensamiento Estratégico, CEEEP Senior Analyst Dr. Farid Kahhat, discusses the idea that we are entering a new Cold War with the United States on the one hand and Russia and China on the other.
Residual Organized Armed Groups and Cross-Border Threats in Alto Putumayo
By: Manolo Eduardo Villagra (1/12/2022).
During the last decade, coca leaf cultivation has increased significantly in Colombia, with the residual organized armed groups (grupos armados organizados residuales, GAOR) being the main actors involved in the illicit drug trade in the border area between Peru and Colombia. Since 2016, the GAOR have been considered criminal organizations that not only base their economy on illicit activities, but also violate the human rights of the communities living in that region. In the absence of the Peruvian state, the GAOR have consolidated themselves in the area and their economic activities – to a large extent – are the only alternative for the surrounding population to escape poverty. In this sense, this article analyses the impact of the GAOR on security and national development.
¿Hacia una nueva Guerra Fría?
En la cuarta edición de nuestro pódcast, Pensamiento Estratégico, el Dr. Farid Kahhat, analista principal del CEEEP, analiza la idea de que estamos entrando a una nueva guerra fría con Estados Unidos, por un lado, y Rusia y China, por el otro.
