JGI Policy Newsletter Catalog

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Week of February 22, 2026
— Podcast – Best of 35 West: Derechos Humanos en Cuba / Human Rights in Cuba: Center for Strategic and International Studies

— Podcast – Cuba Is Running Out of Time: Zeihan on Geopolitics

— Regional Highlight – State of Play: The Global Impact of the SCOTUS Decision on IEEPA Tariffs: Center for Strategic and International Studies

— Regional Highlight – Trump in Latin America: The Board of Peace Roster, A Cuban Call, and Moves on Nicaragua: Council of the Americas

— Regional Highlight – A Guide to Trump’s Section 232 Tariffs, in Maps: Council on Foreign Relations

— Regional Highlight – Trump wants US energy dominance. Global markets may not agree: Chatham House

— Regional Highlight – Lula’s Meeting With Trump Likely to Focus on Venezuela, Cuba, Tariffs: Inter-American Dialogue

— Regional Highlight – Friday Reading List: 20 February 2026: LATAM Risk Report

— China, Russia, and Iran – Negotiating with Putin’s Russia: Atlantic Council

— China, Russia, and Iran – What the West Gets Wrong About Chinese Manufacturing: CHINA US Focus

— China, Russia, and Iran – The Risk That China Overcomes U.S. Pressure Resisting Its Advance in Latin America: Evan Ellis Substack

— China, Russia, and Iran – China’s Digital Yuan and the Fight for Southeast Asia’s Financial Infrastructure: Irregular Warfare Initiative

— China, Russia, and Iran – Peru’s Political Crisis and the Rising Scrutiny of China’s Influence: Global Americans

— Crime – US CBP Officers seize 42 pounds of Marijuana, California man arrested at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport: Border Security Report

— Crime – Paraguay-US Forge Strategic Front Against Transnational Organized Crime: Dialogo Americas

— Crime – Haiti: The Caribbean New Epicenter for Drug Trafficking: Dialogo Americas

— Crime – ELN Rear Guard in Venezuela: A Platform for Transnational Projection: Dialogo Americas

— Crime – Hub of Resilience: Jamaica’s Strategic Win over Crime: Dialogo Americas

— Crime – New Latin American anti-organized crime initiative launched in Guatemala: Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

— Crime – A year into the FTO designation: Criminality remains in a changing policy space: Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

— Crime – US Sanctions in Latin America Have Increased. But Can They Be Enforced?: InSight Crime

— Crime – On the Radar: Football, Cocaine, and Corruption: InSight Crime

— Crime – How Guatemala’s Gang Crisis Reached a Boiling Point: InSight Crime

— Critical Minerals – Trump’s U.S. Mining Push Has a Big Problem: Foreign Policy

— Cyber, AI, and Emerging Tech – The ‘Discombobulator’ Arms Race Has Begun: Foreign Policy

— Economics and Trade – The Supreme Court just struck down most of Trump’s tariffs. What’s next?: Atlantic Council

— Economics and Trade – Mexico’s Ministry of Economy, Along with COA, Holds Forum on Combating Illicit Trade: Council of the Americas

— Economics and Trade – AS/COA Hosts President of Paraguay Santiago Peña: Council of the Americas

— Economics and Trade – After the Supreme Court Ruling, What Is Next for Trump’s Tariffs?: Council on Foreign Relations

— Economics and Trade – Tracking Trump’s Trade Deals: Council on Foreign Relations

— Economics and Trade – What Will a Trade Deal Mean for the U.S. & El Salvador?: Inter-American Dialogue

— Foreign Policy and Engagement – Canada’s Alternative to Trump’s Doctrine for the Americas: Americas Quarterly

— Foreign Policy and Engagement – From the U.S.-Led Rules-Based Order to Multipolar International Law: CHINA US Focus

— Foreign Policy and Engagement – Panamanian, US Forces Elevate Jungle Warfare Training: Dialogo Americas

— Foreign Policy and Engagement – A Conversation with Brazilian Senator Nelsinho Trad on Brazil-US Relations: Inter-American Dialogue

— Politics and Governance – Peru’s Political Instability Enters a New Chapter Under Balcázar: Americas Quarterly
Week of February 16, 2026
— Podcast – Rodrigo Paz’s Overhaul of Bolivia: Americas Quarterly

— Video – Haiti’s security crisis: what’s next?: Chatham House

— Video – Chatham House Venezuela expert Dr Christopher Sabatini gives evidence to Parliament: Chatham House

— Video – Trump, oil, regime change, and what’s next in the MAGA playbook?: Chatham House

— Podcast – Brian Winter on CNN about U.S.-Venezuela Diplomatic Shift amid Secretary Wright’s Visit: Council of the Americas

— Podcast – Why Investment Uncertainty Is Holding Mexico Back: Center for Strategic and International Studies

— Video – On the Radar: Power, Corruption, and Criminality: InSight Crime

— Video – Who Built Venezuela’s System of Corruption?: InSight Crime

— Video – Are ICE’s Roundups in the United States an Effective Anti-Crime Strategy?: InSight Crime

— Podcast – Episode 3: There You Are, Carmelo: Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

— Video – Duality in Space: RAND

— Video – Trump Announces $12B Rare Earth Stockpile: Zeihan on Geopolitics

— Video – The End of Nuclear Arms Control: Zeihan on Geopolitics

— Video – Is Venezuela Ready to Move On?: Zeihan on Geopolitics

— Venezuela – Reinventing Venezuela’s Struggling Electricity Sector: Americas Quarterly

— Venezuela – Epstein Bought Venezuelan Oil Bonds on Advice From Chávez-Era Insider: Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

— Regional Highlight – Global Foresight 2036: The Authoritative Forecast for the Decade Ahead: Atlantic Council

— Regional Highlight – Welcome to 2036: What the World Could Look Like in 10 Years, According to 450 Experts: Atlantic Council

— Regional Highlight – The Global Foresight 2036 Survey Results: Atlantic Council

— Regional Highlight – Trump in Latin America: Opening Venezuela, Closing Cuba, and Meeting Mexico: Council of the Americas

— Regional Highlight – A Fork in the Road at the Munich Security Conference: Council on Foreign Relations

— Regional Highlight – Friday Reading List – 13 February 2026: LATAM Risk Report

— China, Russia, and Iran – How Russia Is Reshaping Command and Control for AI-Enabled Warfare: Center for Strategic and International Studies

— China, Russia, and Iran – Satellite Imagery Analysis of China’s Alleged 2020 Nuclear Test at Lop Nur: Center for Strategic and International Studies

— China, Russia, and Iran – Is China Leading the Robotics Revolution?: Center for Strategic and International Studies

— China, Russia, and Iran – China’s Selective Diplomacy in Latin America: Dialogo Americas

— China, Russia, and Iran – China’s Advance in Guatemala: Evan Ellis Substack

— China, Russia, and Iran – DOJ Press Conference on Charges Announced against Chinese Nationals Involved in Sham Marriages: Small Wars Journal

— China, Russia, and Iran – ‘Derisking’ Was Invented for China. Now It’s About the U.S.: World Politics Review

— Crime – Tren de Aragua’s Global Leap: From Prison Gang to Transnational Threat: Dialogo Americas

— Crime – The Corporate Mafia: Drug Trafficking Infiltrates the Legal Global Economy: Dialogo Americas

— Crime – Colombia’s EMC Holds ‘Total Peace’ Hostage in Cauca: InSight Crime

— Crime – Brazil Charges Slain Paraguayan Congressman’s Son With Drug Trafficking: Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

— Crime – Rio’s bloodiest day: the untold story of Brazil’s most deadly police raid: Small Wars Journal

— Critical Minerals – Mining without rules: The risky US bet on the deep sea: Atlantic Council

— Critical Minerals – Mining corridors as catalysts: Building on the Lobito model: Atlantic Council

— Critical Minerals – Critical Minerals Ministerial Introduces New International Cooperation Strategy: Center for Strategic and International Studies

— Critical Minerals – Project Vault: A Minerals Security Backstop: Center for Strategic and International Studies

— Cyber and AI – What to Expect from AI in 2026: Q&A with William Marcellino: RAND

— Cyber and AI – Drones and Border Cartels: Small Wars Journal

— Economics and Trade – Mexico’s Ministry of Economy, Along with COA, Holds Forum on Combating Illicit Trade: Council of the Americas

— Elections – Colombia’s Bukele? Abelardo De La Espriella Surges Ahead: Americas Quarterly

— Elections – Poll Tracker: Peru’s 2026 Presidential Election: Council of the Americas

— Elections – Costa Rica’s 2026 Election and Central America’s Changing Role: Global Americans

— Foreign Policy and Engagement – CSIS European Trilateral Track 2 Nuclear Dialogues: Center for Strategic and International Studies

— Foreign Policy and Engagement – United for Security: 571st MSAS Advances Costa Rican Aviation Capabilities: Dialogo Americas

— Foreign Policy and Engagement – US and Guatemala Partners Provide Vital Medical Aid in Puerto San José: Dialogo Americas

— Foreign Policy and Engagement – Will Brazil Agree to Join Trump’s Board of Peace?: Inter-American Dialogue

— Foreign Policy and Engagement – Couples Therapy at the Munich: World Politics Review

— Politics and Governance – In Mexico, Sheinbaum’s Water Reforms Face an Uncertain Path Forward: World Politics Review
Week of February 9, 2026
— Podcast – Keith Humphreys, Stanford University: China’s supply shock of fentanyl and chemical precursors: Center for Strategic and International Studies

— Podcast – Episode 1: Hola, Carmelo: Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

— Podcast – Episode 2: Carmelo, Where Are You?: Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

— Podcast – Susan Segal on the Bretton Woods Committee Podcast about Latin America’s Future: Council of the Americas

— Podcast – Electronic Warfare Innovations and Exports: Zeihan on Geopolitics

— Podcast – Purging China’s Central Military Commission: Zeihan on Geopolitics

— Venezuela – Trump’s Venezuela Policy Isn’t Any Clearer a Month After Maduro’s Capture: Council on Foreign Relations

— Venezuela – Venezuela Can Learn From an Iraq Mistake: Inter-American Dialogue

— Venezuela – A Conversation with Francisco Monaldi on the Future of Venezuela’s Oil Sector: Inter-American Dialogue

— Venezuela – Venezuela After Maduro: Q&A with RAND Experts: RAND

— Regional Highlight – A family state at the service of Beijing: Latinoamerica 21 – Authored by Martin Brown, FIU-JGI Research Assistant

— Regional Highlight – De los satélites a la soberanía: la silenciosa estrategia espacial de China en América Latina: Infobae – Authored by Alexandra Bishop, FIU-JGI Junior Research Analyst

— Regional Highlight – Emerging Technology and Irregular Warfare: Launching a New Focus Area: Irregular Warfare Initiative

— Regional Highlight – Friday Reading List: 6 February 2026: LATAM Risk Report

— Regional Highlight – What Will Laura Fernández Bring to Costa Rica?: Inter-American Dialogue

— China, Russia, and Iran – The Impact of Chinese Organized Crime on Natural Resources and the Environment: Evan Ellis

— China, Russia, and Iran – How China’s Crypto Seizures Are Quietly Powering Its Digital Asset Reserves: Small Wars Journal

— Crime – Deadly democracy: Lethal political violence in Brazil: Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

— Crime – Disappearances by organized crime: A guide to responses and strengthening resilience: Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

— Crime – As Brazil’s PCC Gentrifies, Favela Residents Must Fend for Themselves: InSight Crime

— Crime – Will the US Send Alleged Fuel Smugglers to Mexico?: InSight Crime

— Crime – Top Criminal Takedowns of 2025: InSight Crime

— Crime – Mexican cartels Overpower Police with Ammunition made for the US military: Small Wars Journal

— Crime – Cárteles Unidos and Its Designation as a U.S. Foreign Terrorist Organization: Small Wars Journal

— Critical Minerals – Leapfrogging China’s Critical Minerals Dominance: Council on Foreign Relations

— Critical Minerals – The U.S. Critical Minerals Dilemma: What to Know: Council on Foreign Relations

— Critical Minerals – U.S., Allies Aim to Break China’s Critical Minerals Dominance: Council on Foreign Relations

— Cyber and AI – Digital Sovereignty in Latin America: The Geopolitical Surveillance Challenge and Organized Crime Risk: Dialogo Americas

— Cyber and AI – Rayo Justiciero: The Drone Squadron Redefining Ecuador’s Airspace Control: Dialogo Americas

— Cyber and AI – A New Age of Nations: Power and Advantage in the AI Era: RAND

— Economics and Trade – Tracking Trump’s Trade Deals: Council on Foreign Relations

— Elections – Rodrigo Paz’s Defiant First 90 Days: Americas Quarterly

— Elections – Honduras Begins Its Rightward Shift: Americas Quarterly

— Elections – Laura Fernández Wins Big in Costa Rica: Americas Quarterly

— Elections – What Will Shape Brazil’s 2026 Elections? Brazil Program Launches Ground Truth: Elections 2026: Inter-American Dialogue

— Environmental Security – Compliance in every cup? Using Earth Observation data to meet global deforestation rules for coffee production: AidData

— Environmental Security – Frontiers of plunder: Environmental crime in northern Mexico’s logging and mining sectors: Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

— Foreign Policy and Engagement – Why USMCA May Survive After All: Americas Quarterly

— Foreign Policy and Engagement – Is Trump reshaping the world order?: Brookings

— Foreign Policy and Engagement – Why U.S.-Mexico Security Cooperation Is Still Falling Short for Washington: Center for Strategic and International Studies

— Foreign Policy and Engagement – Trump in Latin America: A Petro Meeting, a Mineral Ministerial, and a Prayer Session: Council of the Americas

— Foreign Policy and Engagement – US Marine General Donovan Assumes Command of SOUTHCOM: Dialogo Americas

— Foreign Policy and Engagement – A New Strategic Horizon: The Peru-US Alliance Reaches Historic Heights: Dialogo Americas

— Foreign Policy and Engagement – A New Chapter in Western Hemispheric Defense: Inter-American Dialogue

— Foreign Policy and Engagement – Chavez: “The outcome of the meeting between President Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro was the best we could have hoped for, given the importance of the U.S.–Colombia relationship and the tensions that preceded it.”: Inter-American Dialogue

— Migration – Data-Driven Border Management: Border Security Report

— Politics and Governance – Nearshoring Without Growth: Why Investment Uncertainty Is Holding Mexico Back: Center for Strategic and International Studies
Week of February 2, 2026
— Podcast – A Defining Moment for Latin America: Americas Quarterly

— Audio – LatAm in Focus: What’s Ahead for China’s Latin America Ties in the Great Power Game?: Council of the Americas

— Audio – The US’s ‘radically new role in the world’: Chatham House

— Audio – ‘US has never had a rival like China’: Chatham House

— Audio – What is China’s vision for a new world order?: Chatham House

— Podcast – Trump vs Carney at Davos – One summit, two visions: Chatham House

— Podcast – The Donroe Doctrine, Explained: Center for Strategic and International Studies

— Podcast – What’s Next for the U.S. Military in Latin America?: Foreign Policy

— Podcast – On the Radar: Violence from Gangs and Governments Rules the Region: InSight Crime

— Podcast – White Collars, Dirty Hands: Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

— Venezuela – What Venezuela’s Hydrocarbon Reform Won’t Fix: Americas Quarterly

— Venezuela – Unwinding Venezuela’s CRINK Ties in the Western Hemisphere: Center for Strategic and International Studies

— Venezuela – Maduro’s Arrest and Its Criminal Aftermath in Venezuela: InSight Crime

— Venezuela – China Could Play Spoiler in Venezuela’s Debt Restructuring: RAND

— Venezuela – Behind Closed Doors: Secret Tape Reveals Plans To Launder Venezuela’s Oil Money: Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

— Venezuela – No Safe Harbor: Venezuelan Fishing Towns At the Mercy of Trump and Maduro: Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

— Regional Highlight – New dataset, profiles track China’s critical minerals investments across the globe: AidData

— Regional Highlight – The 2026 National Defense Strategy by the Numbers: Radical Changes, Moderate Changes, and Some Continuities: Center for Strategic and International Studies

— Regional Highlight – Why Golden Dome for America: The Case the Administration Should Make: Center for Strategic and International Studies

— Regional Highlight – Friday Reading List: 30 January 2026: LATAM Risk Report

— Regional Highlight – Is the Mercosur-E.U. Trade Deal at Hand or Under Threat?: Inter-American Dialogue

— China, Russia, and Iran – The US and Russia’s nuclear weapons treaty is set to expire. Here’s what’s at stake: Chatham House

— China, Russia, and Iran – China’s Multilateral Bet and the Emerging Global Financial Order: China US Focus

— China, Russia, and Iran – Global Swing States and the New Great Power Competition: Center for a New American Security

— China, Russia, and Iran – Canada and the European Union: Two New Wins for Chinese Exports in the West: Center for Strategic and International Studies

— China, Russia, and Iran – The Impact of Chinese Organized Crime on Natural Resources and the Environment: Evan Ellis Substack

— Crime – The Amazon: A Sanctuary for Transnational Criminal Organizations: Dialogo Americas

— Crime – The High-Tech Threat: Autonomous Subs and Criminal Alliances Redefine Drug Trafficking in Colombia: Dialogo Americas

— Crime – Strategic Alliance: Shared Security Reaffirms Panama-US Relationship: Dialogo Americas

JGI Policy Newsletter Catalog

Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Policies and Efforts in Central and South America

Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) Trafficking

Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing

Drones and Technology for Illicit Use

Arms Trafficking Threat (Central America)

Fentanyl and Other Synthetic Drugs (Central America)

Hurricane Melissa – Jamaica Recovery and Resources

Migration and the Threat of Extremism (Central America)

JGI Policy Newsletter Catalog

Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Policies and Efforts in Central and South America

Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) Trafficking

Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing

Drones and Technology for Illicit Use

Arms Trafficking Threat (Central America)

Fentanyl and Other Synthetic Drugs (Central America)

Hurricane Melissa – Jamaica Recovery and Resources

Migration and the Threat of Extremism (Central America)

JGI Policy Newsletter Catalog

Week of February 22, 2026

Week of February 16, 2026

Week of February 9, 2026

Week of February 2, 2026