Turning to Latin America, as with pre-9/11 defense thinking on major warfare, any new force deployments into Latin America, like those in Afghanistan and Iraq, are likely to bring new thinking and experience to areas important for Latin America’s challenges. As noted, the shift in the United States’ strategic focus following 9/11 arguably came at the expense of the Bush administration’s incipient turn to Mexico and Latin America. ENDNOTES1 Office of the Press Secretary, “Joint Statement between the United States of America and the United Mexican States,” September 6, 2001, https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov /news/releases/2001/09/20010906-8.html. Peace and Conflict in Latin America and the United Nations,” Austral: Brazilian Journal of Strategy & International Relations 10, no. Is a Latin America Research Professor at the US Army War College.

Source: New York Times November 18, 2021 17:53 UTC