1. 5 Big Ideas for U.S. Policy in the Americas
- Author:
- Dan Restrepo, Michael Werz, and Joel Martinez
- Publication Date:
- 12-2016
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- Center for American Progress - CAP
- Abstract:
- The Americas affect U.S. national and homeland security, economic prosperity, and stability perhaps more than any other region in the world. Collectively, they are the destination for more than 40 percent of all U.S. exports,1 the source of 65 percent of all U.S. energy imports,2 and the region of origin or heritage for 17 percent of the U.S. population.3 As the next administration looks to the Americas, it will have a fundamental choice: It can embrace the partnership model that seeks to work with those in the region willing and capable to engage on the wide range of bilateral, regional, and global issues that have predominated the past eight years. Or, in contrast, the administration can unreasonably attempt to wall the United States off from its closest neighbors.
- Topic:
- Security, Foreign Policy, Diplomacy, Regional Cooperation, Hegemony, and Regionalism
- Political Geography:
- South America, Central America, North America, and United States of America