Dr Juliana Bertazzo, Dr Jennifer Schirmer, Dr Julia Schünemann, Dr Tanya Harmer (chair)
6 December 2010, 7.00pm, Room B212
Latin America is the first self-declared and self-enforced nuclear-weapon-free zone in the world. Plus, it is one of the most demilitarized areas of the globe. Traditional armed conflict is an exception in the region where most political disputes are dealt with through non-violent means. Although nearly free from traditional armed conflict, in the past few decades the region has seen a great deal of 'intermestic' violence, with the most notable examples being the long-running conflict led in Colombia, the protracted crises in Haiti and elsewhere in Central America. The rise in urban crime-related violence, together with the lift of a ban on U.S. sales of advanced weapons also had a strong impact upon the security of the region. Furthermore, the inclusion of Colombia in the framework of the "War on Terror" further increased arms-related trade and aid, causing regional instability. Following the changes outlined, this roundtable presents analytical tools for the study of conflict in Latin America today and explores new initiatives that have been brought about at the regional level for its diverse conflict and post-conflict situations.
Speakers
Juliana Bertazzo is an LAIAP Associate, and an Associate Fellow at the Institute for the Study of the Americas. Juliana's current research on the role of UNASUR in Bolivia uses a conflict transformation approach and was was awarded a grant from the Berghof Foundation for Conflict Studies. She is also a member of CLACSO, as part of a working group on violence and democracy.
Julia Schünemann is a researcher at FRIDE. Her work focuses on EU external relations, in particular on statebuilding, conflict prevention and peacebuilding, Latin America and the Caribbean and EU-Latin America relations. She coordinates FRIDE's participation in the Initiative for Peacebuilding consortium and currently leads a multi-country project on statebuilding and women's citizenship).
Tanya Harmer is a lecturer in the Department of International History, and a former head of the Latin American International Affairs Programme at LSE IDEAS.
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