Americas Quarterly - Summer 2010

Understanding our changing world demands informed, objective sources. What we need are fresh ideas… Answers to challenge and provoke our minds… A new generation, a shared destiny, different voices.

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The Americas Society and
Council of the Americas
present a journal dedicated
to promoting and deepening
the discussion about policy in
the Americas. It covers critical
issues concerning regional
economic development,
investment, political trends, and
profiles of emerging leaders.

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