Evan Ellis

Senior Analyst – Ad honorem

Evan Ellis

Senior Analyst - Ad honorem

Dr. Evan Ellis is a research professor of Latin American Studies at the U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute, with a focus on the region’s relationships with China and other non-Western Hemisphere actors, as well as transnational organized crime and populism in the region. Dr. Ellis has published over 300 works, including the 2009 book China in Latin America: The Whats and Wherefores, the 2013 book The Strategic Dimension of Chinese Engagement with Latin Ameica, the 2014 book, China on the Ground in Latin America, and the 2018 book, Transnational Organized Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean. Recently, he published his fifth book, China Engages Latin America: Distorting Development and Democracy?

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November 7, 2024
By: Evan Ellis (07/11/2024). This work examines security challenges facing the Dutch Caribbean, including narcotrafficking and other forms of organized crime, money laundering, Venezuelan and other refugee flows, and the little-understood activities of criminal groups operating within the region’s Chinese minority communities. It also examines the successes and challenges in coordination between law enforcement and other government entities in the Dutch Caribbean, and between the Dutch Caribbean and the European Netherlands, with the French, English […]
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October 31, 2024
By: Evan Ellis (31/10/2024). The article discusses Chile’s Defense Minister, Maya Fernández Allende’s trip to China in September 2024, where she participated in the Xiangshan Defense Forum. During the visit, Fernández expressed her interest in revitalizing defense cooperation between Chile and China, including reactivating a previously established Joint Working Commission. […]
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September 26, 2024
By: Robert Evan Ellis (26/09/2024). The article “Guatemala’s Security Challenges and the Government’s Response” by R. Evan Ellis analyzes the security challenges faced by Guatemala and the response of the government led by Bernardo Arévalo. Guatemala’s strategic geographic location makes it a key point for the transit of drugs and migrants to the United States, as well as an important link between North and South America. […]
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September 12, 2024
By: Evan Ellis (12/09/2024). The article by R. Evan Ellis analyzes the security challenges in Paraguay and the government response under the administration of Santiago Peña. It argues that Paraguay, despite its strategic location and regional relevance, faces serious security problems due to organized crime, corruption and its role as a transit point for drugs and weapons. The country also serves as a hub for Hezbollah operations in the region. […]
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September 5, 2024
Por: R. Evan Ellis (05/09/2024). En el artículo “¿Buques de guerra rusos, elecciones venezolanas y una crisis fabricada con Guyana en el Caribe?”, escrito antes de las elecciones del 28 de julio de 2024 en Venezuela, R. Evan Ellis explora la presencia militar de Rusia en el Caribe y sus implicaciones para la geopolítica regional, en particular en lo que respecta a las elecciones venezolanas y la disputa territorial entre Venezuela y Guyana. […]
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June 6, 2024
By: Evan Ellis (06/06/2024). In addition to Argentina’s profound economic crisis, the nation faces serious security challenges. These include use of the country as a drug transit zone, including cocaine from Bolivia and Peru bound for Europe and marijuana from Paraguay. Such criminal activities have caused violent struggles between groups for transport routes in logistics hubs such as Rosario. The country is also challenged by the secondary effects of such drug trafficking, including addition to […]
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February 1, 2024
By: Evan Ellis (01/02/2024). The multiple crises currently playing out in Ukraine, the Middle East, the Taiwan straits, and even Guyana’s Essequibo region, reflect a deterioration of the rules-based international order that has served as the foundation for economic growth, technological progress, and the limitation of interstate conflict since the end of the Second World War. The current deterioration is a product of the expansion of PRC economic and other power as the country pursues […]
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December 7, 2023
By: Evan Ellis (08/12/2023). The incoming administration of Argentina’s current president, Javier Milei, faces a complex situation in the face of significant economic and political challenges. The financial and fiscal crisis amplifies the potentially adverse effects of his radical approach, restricting the government’s options. The impending Argentine currency devaluation and its debt with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) generate additional pressure. Fiscal decisions, such as the use of Chinese funds, provoke tensions in contrast to […]
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November 9, 2023
By: Evan Ellis (09/11/2023). The article presents the resumption of Iran’s relations with Latin America and the opportunities this offers for political and economic interaction. It highlights Iran’s acceptance into the BRICS during the organization’s summit in Johannesburg in 2023, which accelerated the reestablishment of Iran’s contacts with the international community. In addition, China’s role in its economic strengthening is mentioned, as well as its encouragement to Latin American and Caribbean governments to collaborate without […]
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October 18, 2023
By: Evan Ellis (18/10/2023). From September 24-28, 2023, a trip was made to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, to present a paper on crime and violence in the Caribbean at a forum organized by Funglode, one of the country’s leading think tanks. As part of this visit, he held a dialogue with a wide range of former and current security personnel and other experts on the security challenges facing the nation. […]