April 22, 2016 - Article published by the Miami Herald
IBI article on the end of the Pink Revolution and the Bolivarian Revolution.
April 1, 2016 - Article published by PRISM Journal, Center for Complex Operations, NDU
This article illuminates a part of the organized-crime/state-actor/business nexus described by Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper in Latin America, the strategic objectives behind that nexus, and the real and potential threat it poses to U.S. interests. Topics include ALBA, BJCE, criminalized states, Latin America, money laundering, Russia, and transnational organized crime.
January 19, 2016 - Op-Ed published by Foreign Policy
This opinion piece traces the rise of the MS-13 and the implications for US foreign policy concerns, including Central American security and stability, increases in unaccompanied minors refugees, and the (violent) operational future of the gangs. Topics include drug trafficking, El Salvador, gangs, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and MS-13.
January 5, 2016 - Q&A published by the Cipher Brief
My latest Q&A in the Cipher Brief on Russia's Goals in Latin America
October 22, 2015 - Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives
Testimony of Douglas Farah Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere: Russia's Engagement in the Western Hemisphere
September 21, 2015 - Report published by Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
My latest report with Carl Meacham for CSIS on the crisis of governance, violence and lack of political will in the Northern Triangle.
July 13, 2015 - Journal Article published by PRISM Journal, Center for Complex Operations, NDU
My Latest in the journal PRISM, Center For Complex Operations, National Defense University
May 21, 2015 - Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives
Testimony of Douglas Farah Before the House Financial Services Terrorism Finance Task Force
