Compare and contrast these regions: what are their main similarities and differences? In your view, what explains these similarities and differences?

(1)THE AMERICAS

Read Haass, pp.143-153; read short articles by Zovatto and Chatzky, McBride and Sergies
Read Daniel Zovatto, The rapidly deteriorating quality of democracy in Latin America, Brookings Institution, February 28, 2020, available at:  https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/02/28/the-rapidly-deteriorating-quality-of-democracy-in-latin-america/.

Read Andrew Chatzky, James McBride, and Mohammed Aly Sergie, NAFTA and the USMCA: Weighing the Impact of North American Trade, Backgrounder; Council on Foreign Relations, 1 July 2020, available at:  https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/naftas-economic-impact.

(2)AFRICA

Read Kofi Annan’s speech, “Africa: Too Big to Fail,” 4 September 2015, available at:  https://www.kofiannanfoundation.org/speeches/africa-too-big-to-fail-2855/.

Watch The Economist, “The New Scramble for Africa,” 8 March 2019, available at:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV61lqlLnds.

Read International Crisis Group, “Eight Priorities for the African Union in 2020,” Africa Briefing No. 151, 7 February 2020, available at:  https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/african-union-regional-bodies/b151-eight-priorities-african-union-2020.

THE WORLD  (a brief introduction) Richard Haass

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