When a group of countries block consensus on the most fundamental issues (such as promoting democracy or fighting terrorism or drugs) in a conscious effort to undermine the organization's effectiveness, 'consensus' becomes a weakness.

After a hotly contested race, Canadians will go to the polls on January 23, 2006. While the election itself has elicited little more than a yawn in the United States, a great deal is at stake. Canada is America’s largest trading partner, with annual two-way trade of over $400 billion....

President Obama’s Mexico strategy picked up where the Bush-era “Merida Plan” package left off. In 2012, if Mexicans choose a new president who decides to end the anti-drug offensive, we may wish that we had done more to support our Mexican allies when we had the chance.

The United States remains the ultimate target of nihilist extremists who distort religion as a justification for murdering innocent men and women. We can try to behave as if that were not the case, but that sort of self-delusion could put the lives of innocent U.S. citizens at risk.

Despite his pledge to engage countries in the hemisphere, President Barack Obama's engagement with Latin America tends to be episodic, and on multilateralism and economic engagement in the region, the United States has lost considerable ground.

In the lead-up to the 2011 Group of Eight (G8) summit in Deauville, France on Thursday, May 26 and Friday, May 27, the following AEI scholars will be available to comment on the G8's specific agenda items.

In October 2005, the Council of the Americas (COA) issued a report outlining the opportunities for making the Americas energy self-sufficient and economically successful. Among the report’s recommendations was the recognition that “Canada, Latin America, and the Caribbean have been blessed with abundant energy resources,” which, if combined with infrastructure...

The United States should not compromise its values by handing unilateral concessions to Cuba and should instead complete trade deals with freer nations.