Security in the Americas: Neither Evolution Nor Devolution-Impasse

摘要

Contemporary security and stability are fragile in the Western Hemisphere. As a corollary, an insecure and unstable hemisphere threatens regional national security and sovereignty, regional economic and socio- political development, U.S. security, and, ultimately, global stability. Those challenges or threats are exacerbated by 'spill-over' problems from the crisis generated by Colombia's three wars (i.e., narco-terrorism, insurgency, and paramilitary vigilantism), and by global terrorism. These threats are gaining credence, as it is generally recognized that Colombia is a paradigm of the failing state that has enormous implications for the prosperity, stability, democracy, and peace of the Western Hemisphere.1.