Ryan C. Berg is director of the Americas Program and head of the Future of Venezuela Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He is also an adjunct professor at the Catholic University of America and visiting research fellow at the University of Oxford’s Changing Character of War Programme. His research focuses on U.S.-Latin America relations, authoritarian regimes, armed conflict, strategic competition, and trade and development issues. He also studies Latin America’s criminal groups and the region’s governance and security challenges. Previously, Dr. Berg was a research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he helped lead its Latin America Studies Program. Dr. Berg has served as a research consultant to the World Bank, a Fulbright scholar in Brazil, and a visiting doctoral fellow at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. He has lived and worked in Peru and Brazil and is an expert member of the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime and the Urban Violence Research Network.
Dr. Berg has been published in a variety of peer-reviewed academic and policy-oriented journals, including The Lancet, Migration and Development, the SAIS Review of International Affairs, and the Georgetown Security Studies Review. In the popular press, his articles have appeared in CNN.com, Foreign Policy, Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, The Hill, World Politics Review, the National Interest, and RealClearWorld, among other outlets. He has appeared on Voice of America and National Public Radio and has testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee. 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 fluent in Spanish and Portuguese and has a working knowledge of French and Slovenian.
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Calls for US-Mexico Military Cooperation to Address Fentanyl Crisis
Ryan C. Berg in Voice of America — June 22, 2023
VOA Investigation: Sales of Fentanyl Precursors Still Thriving Online
Ryan C. Berg in Voice of America — June 22, 2023
Mexico's Moment in the Sun
Ryan C. Berg in FDI Intelligence — June 15, 2023
Axios Markets: Remember Venezuela?
Ryan C. Berg in Axios — June 14, 2023
Venezuela’s Maduro sidesteps US pressure to bask in regional limelight
Ryan C. Berg in Financial Times — June 4, 2023
Venezuela’s Maduro Splits South American Leaders
Ryan C. Berg in The New York Sun — June 2, 2023
BRICS considering expansion as emerging economies rally to join group
Ryan C. Berg in The Japan Times — May 25, 2023
Dante Mossi, el “banquero de dictadores” y hombre de Ortega en el BCIE, no logró la reelección al frente del organismo
Ryan C. Berg in Infobae — May 13, 2023
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Energy, Environment, and Opportunities for Mexico's Natural Gas Sector
Event by Ryan C. Berg , Jennifer Pierce , Jeremy M. Martin , and Christopher Lenton — July 27, 2023
After AMLO: The Economic, Security, and Political Outlook for Mexico in 2024
Report by Ryan C. Berg , Sara Fattori , and Henry Ziemer — July 18, 2023
The Energy Imperative for Southern Mexico
Commentary by Ryan C. Berg , Emiliano Polo , and Henry Ziemer — July 7, 2023
Building the North American Semiconductor Corridor
Event by Maxwell Hamilton , Sam Marullo , Rina Pal-Goetzen , David Talbot , and Ryan C. Berg — June 22, 2023
Cattle Supply Chains and Deforestation of the Amazon
Congressional Testimony by Ryan C. Berg — June 22, 2023
The Future of U.S. Counter-Narcotics Strategy: A Conversation with Dr. Rahul Gupta
Event by Dr. Rahul Gupta and Ryan C. Berg — June 21, 2023
Three Takeaways from Mexico’s New Local Political Landscape
Commentary by Ryan C. Berg and Emiliano Polo — June 14, 2023
Latin American Women and Democracy: Perspectives of Activists in the Region
Event by Ryan C. Berg , Tamara Davila , Laritza Diversent , Celia Medrano , and Tamara Taraciuk Broner — June 12, 2023