Is There a New AmericaS First Policy? with Dr. Ryan Berg

Dr. Ryan C. Berg, has focused broadly on U.S. – Latin American relations. He contends that the new administration will move from “An America First” foreign policy to an “AmericaS First”, focusing more and more on Latin America, due to the fact that its agenda intersects with the region so much. Dr. Berg will focus on these oft ignored regions of Latin America and the reasons for this enhanced US interest. More importantly, he will attempt to share how this revived interest will be interpreted by our friends to the south.

Dr. Berg obtained a Ph.D. and an M.Phil. in political science and an M.Sc. in global governance and diplomacy from the University of Oxford, where he was a Senior Hulme fellow. Earlier, he obtained a B.A. in government and theology from Georgetown University. He is the director of the Americans Program and head of the Future of Venezuela Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He also serves as a professor at Catholic University of America and a course coordinator at the US Foreign Service Institute. Dr. Berg was a Fulbright scholar in Brazil and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He has been published in a variety of peer-reviewed academic and policy-oriented journals. He routinely testifies before the Senate Foreign relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

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