DATES: Mar. 23, 30 & Apr. 13, 20, 27 & May 4

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Changing World Order (Part III) Latin America

RECOMMENDED READING: Which Way Latin America: Hemispheric Politics Meets Globalization. Andrew F. Cooper and Jorge Heine (editors), New York and Tokyo: United Nations University Press, 2009.

Mar 23: Latin America Bounces Back

The Region after the Great Recession and Beyond
Examines Latin America’s recent economic performance and future outlook.
Jorge Heine

Mar 30:  Chile’s Great Leap Forward

Will Chile join the developed world? A look at its efforts to reach a $ US 20,000 per capita income by 2020
Jorge Heine

Apr 13:  Mexico and NAFTA: An Uneasy Triangle

Analyzes the state of North American regional integration and its paradoxically ever harder borders.
Andrew F. Cooper

Apr 20:Political Developments in Argentina

Kathryn Hochstetler

Apr 27: Brazil, the BRICs and Global Governance

An emerging power puts its imprint on the new world order
Andrew F. Cooper

May 4:The Caribbean

The Caribbean islands are undergoing major economic difficulties. Examines the reasons and the way forward.
Andrew F. Cooper

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Jorge Heine had a distinguished academic, political and diplomatic career in Chile. He served as ambassador for Chile in several important ambassadorial posts. He is now Chair of Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs in Waterloo and a professor of political science at Wilfrid Laurier University.

Andrew Cooper is a professor of political science at the University of Waterloo.  He has a stellar academic record and has been active as an advisor to numerous international boards and commissions.

Kathryn Hochstetler is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo and the CIGI Chair in Governance in the Americas and professor at the Balsillie School of International Affairs.  She is an expert on civil society, social movements and environmental politics.

All are Distinguished or Senior Fellows at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) in Waterloo.