BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Moynihan Institute of Global AffairsProgram on Latin America an d the Caribbean presents \;Beyond “Soldiers as Police”: The Military’s Growing Role\nin 21st Century Latin American Democracies\n\n\n\nForty yea rs ago\, most of Latin America began historic\ntransitions away from milit ary dictatorship. Even before the pandemic\, though\,\nthese transitions w ere stalling out\, as civilian presidents ceded space to the\narmed forces \, especially on policing. More recently\, the region’s armed forces\nare playing deeper\, often more political roles than we’ve seen in a\ngenerati on—from stopping migrants to controlling crowds to attending populist\nlea ders’ rallies. The trend is especially pronounced in Mexico under the Lópe z\nObrador government. While these trends probably don’t portend a new ‘da rk age’\nof military rule\, they probably point to limited democracy\, wit h officers\nkeeping civilian leaders on tight leashes. Adam Isacson of the Washington\nOffice on Latin America presents these concerns and the cours e changes needed\nto build more effective\, democratically managed securit y sectors. \;Hosted by:Gladys McCormick \;Jay and Debe Moskowitz E ndowed Chair in Mexico-US RelationsAssociate Dean of Diversity\, Equity\, and Inclusion for the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs Spe aker:Adam Isacson\n\nDirector for Defense Oversight\n\nWOLA: Advocacy for Human Rights in the Americas \; \;Adam Isacson has worked on defen se\, security\, and peacebuilding in Latin America since 1994. He now dire cts WOLA’s Defense Oversight program\, which monitors U.S. cooperation wit h Latin America’s security forces\, as well as other security trends. Isac son accompanies WOLA’s Colombia program on peace and security issues. This country has been a central focus for Isacson’s Defense Oversight work\, a s Colombia has been the primary recipient of U.S. security assistance in t he Western Hemisphere since the early 1990s. Monitoring U.S. aid\, and adv ocating for peaceful resolution to Colombia’s long armed conflict\, has le d him to visit Colombia about 80 times. He has done work in 24 of the coun try’s 32 departments. Since 2011\, Isacson has also focused on border secu rity. He has visited the U.S.-Mexico border about 25 times\, and has also completed field research along nearly the entire border between Mexico and Guatemala. Before coming to WOLA in 2010\, Isacson worked on Latin Americ a demilitarization at the Center for International Policy (CIP). There\, h e joined with Latin America Working Group and WOLA in creating a longstand ing project that monitors U.S. military assistance to the region. With con tributions from WOLA\, that project continues at CIP\, covering the whole world\, as the Security Assistance Monitor. A prolific writer and coder\, Isacson has produced over 250 publications\, articles\, book chapters\, an d policy memos over the course of his career. He has created several websi tes\, from blogs to standalone web apps. He hosts WOLA’s podcast\, Latin A merica Today. He speaks to about 30 audiences per year\, from universities to grassroots gatherings to government agencies. He has testified eight t imes before the U.S. Congress. At the start of his career\, in the mid-199 0s\, Isacson worked on the Central America Demilitarization Program at the Arias Foundation for Peace and Human Progress in Costa Rica. Isacson hold s an M.A. in International Relations from Yale University and a B.A. from Hampshire College. Click here to register \;For more information or to request accessibility arrangements\, please contact Havva Karakas-Keles\, hkarakas@syr.edu. DTEND:20211115T183000Z DTSTAMP:20260511T223416Z DTSTART:20211115T170000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Beyond “Soldiers as Police”: The Military’s Growing Role in 21st Ce ntury Latin American Democracies UID:RFCALITEM639141212569297068 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

Program on Latin America and the Caribbean presents \;


< p>Beyond “Soldiers as Police”: The Military’s Growing Role\nin 21st Cen tury Latin American Democracies

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Forty year s ago\, most of Latin America began historic\ntransitions away from milita ry dictatorship. Even before the pandemic\, though\,\nthese transitions we re stalling out\, as civilian presidents ceded space to the\narmed forces\ , especially on policing. More recently\, the region’s armed forces\nare p laying deeper\, often more political roles than we’ve seen in a\ngeneratio n—from stopping migrants to controlling crowds to attending populist\nlead ers’ rallies. The trend is especially pronounced in Mexico under the López \nObrador government. While these trends probably don’t portend a new ‘dar k age’\nof military rule\, they probably point to limited democracy\, with officers\nkeeping civilian leaders on tight leashes. Adam Isacson of the Washington\nOffice on Latin America presents these concerns and the course changes needed\nto build more effective\, democratically managed security sectors. \;


Hosted by:

Gladys McCormick \;
Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-US Relations
Associate Dean of Diversity\, Equity\, and Incl usion for the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs

Speaker:

Adam Isacson

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Director for Defense Oversight

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WOLA: Advocacy for Human Rights in the Americas \;

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Adam Isacson has worked on defense\, security\, and peacebuilding in Latin America since 1994. He now directs WOLA’s Defense Oversight program\, which monitors U.S. cooper ation with Latin America’s security forces\, as well as other security tre nds. Isacson accompanies WOLA’s Colombia program on peace and security iss ues. This country has been a central focus for Isacson’s Defense Oversight work\, as Colombia has been the primary recipient of U.S. security assist ance in the Western Hemisphere since the early 1990s. Monitoring U.S. aid\ , and advocating for peaceful resolution to Colombia’s long armed conflict \, has led him to visit Colombia about 80 times. He has done work in 24 of the country’s 32 departments. Since 2011\, Isacson has also focused on bo rder security. He has visited the U.S.-Mexico border about 25 times\, and has also completed field research along nearly the entire border between M exico and Guatemala. Before coming to WOLA in 2010\, Isacson worked on Lat in America demilitarization at the Center for International Policy (CIP). There\, he joined with Latin America Working Group and WOLA in creating a longstanding project that monitors U.S. military assistance to the region. With contributions from WOLA\, that project continues at CIP\, covering t he whole world\, as the Security Assistance Monitor. A prolific writer and coder\, Isacson has produced over 250 publications\, articles\, book chap ters\, and policy memos over the course of his career. He has created seve ral websites\, from blogs to standalone web apps. He hosts WOLA’s podcast\ , Latin America Today. He speaks to about 30 audiences per year\, from uni versities to grassroots gatherings to government agencies. He has testifie d eight times before the U.S. Congress. At the start of his career\, in th e mid-1990s\, Isacson worked on the Central America Demilitarization Progr am at the Arias Foundation for Peace and Human Progress in Costa Rica. Isa cson holds an M.A. in International Relations from Yale University and a B .A. from Hampshire College.


Click here to register \;


For more information or to request accessibility arrangements\, pleas e contact Havva Karakas-Keles\, hkarakas@syr.edu.

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