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This seminar is a culminating 4-credit course designed to thoroughly analyze the most pressing security policy challenges in the Latin America and cultivate the student’s ability to formulate effective policy recommendations under time constraints. The course will cover challenges such as improving environmental protection in addressing deforestation and illegal fishing; confronting and containing the growing and expanding influence of gangs; limiting and reducing corruption in public institutions; and address the political stalemate of Venezuela. The course is designed into three-week modules. Each module will focus on a specific subject and will analyze in depth the evolution of the policy challenge and pursue solutions through the analysis and synthesis of best practices from around the world, customized to fit each particular challenge. The modules will consist of readings, guest lecturers, and a simulation exercise. Students will be expected to write a policy memo at the end of each module that clearly identifies the problem and provides policy recommendations based on the instruments of national power.