Jorge Heine Op-Ed ContributionsJorge Heine Op-Ed Contributions
Jean-Claude Duvalier should be tried for more than corruption
In an op-ed to The Toronto Star, CIGI Distinguished Fellow Jorge Heine argues that "the last thing (Haiti) needs right now is a resurfacing of Duvalierism."
Brazil: South America’s tiger
CIGI Distinguished Fellow Jorge Heine writes in The Toronto Star that "twenty years from now, we can expect to see Brazil as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, as the prime leader of a South America that will have become one of the most vigorous and prosperous regions of the world, and as a key international player."
Haití en la encrucijada
Op-ed in Spanish: La misión de los cascos azules de pacificar y estabilizar el país se ha cumplido. La MINUSTAH debe iniciar su retirada gradual y el desafío es hacerlo de forma ordenada y planificada.
Should Haiti’s peacekeepers go?
"Haiti’s challenges are enormous," writes CIGI Senior Fellow Jorge Heine in commenting on the announcement of a United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) drawdown. Heine notes that the country "has a number of key advantages — including a skilled labor force, proximity and privileged access to the biggest market in the world and a central position in the Caribbean Sea — that can be deployed to make the most of this opportunity."
Long-term commitment needed to help Haiti "lift itself by its bootstraps"
Nineteen months after Haiti was hit by a devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake, the Caribbean country remains in a state of uncertainty and flux. Haiti is the poorest and least developed country in the Western Hemisphere. Despite the promise of a new president, there remains great international skepticism about the country’s ability to resolve its complex social, political and economic problems. To learn more about what’s happening in Haiti and the international community’s response, we speak to CIGI Distinguished Fellow Jorge Heine, the co-editor of Fixing Haiti: MINUSTAH and Beyond.
Luciano Tomassini and Latin America’s International Relations
CIGI Distinguished Fellow and Chair of Global Governance Jorge Heine writes on Latin America's international relations and the impact that Professor Luciano Tomassini had on the continent's role in the world.
The Other BRIC in Latin America: India
When trade relations between Argentina and China hit choppy waters early last year, a new partner suddenly appeared on the horizon. In April 2010, Beijing stopped buying Argentine soybean oil in retaliation for Argentina’s restrictions on Chinese imports. That could have dealt a serious blow: Argentina is the world’s largest exporter of soybean oil, and China is the world’s largest importer. Efforts by the government of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner failed to resolve the trade spat.
The return of Col. Chavez
In light of Hugo Chavez's return to Venezuela after 26 days in Cuba, Jorge Heine looks the region and comments that whatever allure the Bolivarian Revolution once had has dissipated.
Open up the IMF talent hunt
With the role of developing countries getting greater recognition, the next step is to change the International Monetary Fund's leadership selection rules, CIGI Distinguished Fellow Jorge Heine writes in calling for an "open competition."
Globalization and democracy
The Democracy Manifesto signals that the time has come to open ourselves to the many ways in which people organize themselves around the world to take charge of their own destiny, CIGI Chair of Global Governance Jorge Heine writes in Open Democracy. Looking beyond the role of social media in recent uprisings in the Middle East and across Africa, he explores the evolving relationship between democracy and globalization.
