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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961162103321

Titolo

Andes 2020 : a new strategy for the challenges of Colombia and the region : report of an independent commission sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations Center for Preventive Action / / Daniel W. Christman and John G. Heimann, co-chairs ; Julia E. Sweig, project director

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY, : Council on Foreign Relations Press

[Washington, D.C., : Distributed by the Brookings Institution Press], c2004

ISBN

1-281-16219-1

9786611162191

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (145 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ChristmanDaniel W <1943-> (Daniel William)

HeimannJohn G <1929-> (John Gaines)

SweigJulia

Soggetti

Drug traffic - Andes Region

Drug traffic - Colombia

Drug control - Andes Region

Economic assistance, American - Andes Region

United States Relations Colombia

Colombia Relations United States

Andes Region Relations United States

United States Relations Andes Region

Andes Region Politics and government

Andes Region Economic conditions

Colombia Politics and government

Colombia Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""CONTENTS""; ""FOREWORD""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""THE ANDEAN REGION""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""FINDINGS A POTENTIALLY FAILING REGION""; ""LAND REFORM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT""; ""U.S.AND



INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT""; ""REGIONAL APPROACHES TO REGIONAL PROBLEMS""; ""ADDITIONAL AND DISSENTING VIEWS""; ""COMMISSION MEMBERS""; ""COMMISSION OBSERVERS""; ""APPENDIXES""; ""APPENDIX A: ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""APPENDIX B: ECONOMIC STATISTICS AND INDICATORS""; ""APPENDIX C: ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS IN THE REGION""; ""APPENDIX D: ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS""

""APPENDIX E: COMMISSION MEETINGS AND CONSULTATIONS""""CPA MISSION STATEMENT""; ""CPA ADVISORY COMMITTEE""

Sommario/riassunto

The United States spends approximately $700 million per year in the Andean region, but this Commission report concludes that current U.S. policy--focused narrowly on drugs and thugs in the Andes--cannot achieve U.S. regional goals of democracy, prosperity, and security. Andes 2020 offers bold new recommendations to recalibrate U.S. policy to better meet its objectives. The Commission hopes to redress what it considers to be a major weakness of current U.S. policy as embodied in Plan Colombia and the Andean Counter-drug Initiative: an overly narrow focus on counternarcotics and security issues, and the relative absence of complementary, comprehensive, regionally oriented strategies. The report calls not for more resources, but for a readjustment of U.S. financial and political commitments to sustain American engagement beyond PlanColombia s expiration in 2005."