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About Adam Isacson

Adam Isacson is a senior associate for regional security policy at the Washington Office on Latin America . There, he coordinates the “Just the Facts” project monitoring United States security relations with the hemisphere

Articles by Adam Isacson

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Michael Edwards is editor of Transformation.

Digital Liberties

How to fight for digital human rights?

The backfire effect, bad objects, and changing our minds online
David Beer
"Surveillance is the business model of the internet"
Agne Pix and Bruce Schneier
Pushing together solutions to polarization and manipulation in social media
Ricardo Poppi
Internet equality is about to get Trumped – let’s build a wall to defend it
Matthew Linares
Why BigData is running roughshod over the NHS - and what to do about it
Phil Booth
Shielding data from the "five eyes": we need to stand up for encryption
Rebecca Vincent
Child safeguarding cloaks state surveillance and data exploitation
Jen Persson
Theresa May’s counter-extremism plan will create an incompetent police state
Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed

European integration

Six countries. Six different paths to EU integration.

No to TTIP

The secretive EU-US trade deal explained

Colombia, a state of flux

Adam Isacson 9 February 2012

A decade of violence and insecurity has deeply marked Colombia's society, politics and institutions. For Colombia to move on, its beleaguered yet independent justice system will have a vital role to play, says Adam Isacson.

Colombia: a tale of two leaders

Adam Isacson 19 August 2010

Juan Manuel Santos has made a refreshing start as Colombia’s president by departing from the policies of his predecessor, Álvaro Uribe. But to map a new political direction he will need support from uncertain allies, says Adam Isacson.

Colombia: the “green wave” that wasn’t

Adam Isacson 8 June 2010

The first round of the contest to succeed Álvaro Uribe as Colombia’s president produced one big surprise and five lessons, says Adam Isacson.

The next Colombia

Adam Isacson 31 March 2010

A vital constitutional decision and a party-primary vote have blown wide open the electoral campaign to succeed Álvaro Uribe as Colombia's president, says Adam Isacson

Honduras: time to choose

Adam Isacson 27 July 2009

The efforts to reach a solution to Honduras’s political crisis, which saw the expulsion of the president after a military takeover, are moving to a climax. All the more reason for the United States to take a stand on principle and oppose the dangerous return of military adventurism to Latin America, says Adam Isacson.

(This article was first published on 23 July 2009)

Álvaro Uribe, otra vez? Colombia's re-election debate

Adam Isacson 29 May 2009

A decision by Colombia’s president to alter the constitution and run for a third term would have momentous political consequences, says Adam Isacson of the Center for International Policy.

Colombia's imperilled democracy

Adam Isacson 6 March 2009

A chain of scandals revealing the operation of Colombia's deep state presents the country's main ally with a grave choice, says Adam Isacson.

Colombia: a miraculous rescue, and what comes next

Adam Isacson 7 July 2008

The release of Ingrid Betancourt and her fellow-hostages is another stunning blow to the besieged Farc rebel movement. All the more reason for Colombia's military and its Washington backers to be careful in the next stage of a long war, says Adam Isacson.

The Colombia - Venezuela - Ecuador tangle

Adam Isacson 17 March 2008

Colombia's raid on a guerrilla camp across its border exposes the region's dangerous political and military fractures, says Adam Isacson.

The United States and Colombia: the next plan

Adam Isacson 12 March 2007

The United States could play a decisive new role in helping a crisis-ridden Colombia move toward being a modern democracy. In the wake of George W Bush's brief visit to Bogotá, Adam Isacson assesses the chances of a policy shift in Washington.