James Lockhart Smith

James Lockhart Smith is an independent analyst of Latin American security issues. He is the principal author of the IISS Strategic Dossier 'The FARC Files: Venezuela, Ecuador and the Secret Archive of Raúl Reyes'.

Another Falklands war unlikely but not inconceivable

Despite a tense exchange over the Falkland islands between British Prime Minister David Cameron and Argentinian President Cristina Kirchner, another war over the islands looks highly unlikely any time soon. Instead, argues James Lockhart Smith, the conflict will continue to take a diplomatic cours

By James Lockhart Smith

/ 23 Jun 2011