On October 15, 2024, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future hosted the first event of its “Violence and Society” seminar series. The event explored how criminal and state violence have become a defining feature of everyday life and politics in Latin America, and the ways in which urban violence […]
On October 26, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future hosted a lecture by former President of the Dominican Republic, Leonel Fernández. The talk, titled “Globalization & Geopolitics in the Digital Age,” took place at the Boston University Hillel and was co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies. A […]
On May 16, 2023, the Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, the Global Development Policy Center, and the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) held a workshop in Cali, Colombia, titled “Financing the Foundation: The Role of Development Banks in Catalyzing a 21st Century Infrastructure in South America.” The meeting, held in […]
What will be Brazil’s role in the global order after the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro? Will the illiberal and ‘anti-globalist’ turn of Brazil’s politics outlive Bolsonaro? How can Brazil contain or overcome the damage the Bolsonaro presidency has inflicted on its international reputation? In this Working Paper from the Rising Powers Initiative (RPI), Oliver Della […]
What is China up to in Latin America? While China certainly pursues its own national interest in venturing into the Americas, is this interest compatible with that of Latin American countries, or are they at odds? In this Working Paper from the Rising Powers Initiative (RPI), Amb. Jorge Heine argues that China’s Belt and Road […]
Prof. Kevin P. Gallagher, a Faculty Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, traveled to Buenos Aires on June 3 and 4 to deliver one of the keynote speeches at the 80th anniversary of the Argentine Central Bank. Argentina’s Central Bank is among the oldest in the world. […]
Sahar Abi Hassan, a doctoral student in the department of Political Science and a 2015 Graduate Summer Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently presented a paper at the XXXIII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), held in San Juan, Puerto Rico from May 27-30. […]