Education and Training Center

Colombia: The U.S. Response to the Changing Nature of International Conflict

Scenario

The simulation focuses on the agendas, options, and dynamics at play when prospects of foreign intervention by the U.S. military are being considered. Participants grapple with a scenario of political and economic crisis in Colombia, and debate the policy decisions to be made in defining an appropriate American response to that situation. Participants role-play officials from the U.S. government executive and legislative branches, officials of human rights organizations, and journalists representing various U.S. media. In the process, participants will have the opportunity to consider the broader implications of the scenario on U.S. foreign policy and international conflict in general.

Download the Simulation

• Colombia: The U.S. Response to the Changing Nature of International Conflict
  PDF - 161KB

Of Related Interest

• Colombia Hostages: A Glimpse of Freedom
  On the Issues with Ginny Bouvier, January 25, 2008
• New Hopes for Negotiated Solutions in Colombia
  Working Paper, September 2007 (PDF - 455KB)
• Colombia and the Recent Political-Paramilitary Turmoil
  Event, January 16, 2007 (Audio Available)
• Harbingers of Hope: Peace Initiatives in Colombia
  Special Report, August 2006
• Civil Society Under Siege in Colombia
  Special Report, February 2004
• On the Web: Colombia
• Peace Agreements: Colombia

On the Web

• Human Rights Watch: The "Sixth Division" Military-paramilitary Ties and U.S. Policy in Colombia
• Human Rights Watch: World Report–Colombia, 2002
• U.S. State Department Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, "Civilian Contractors and U.S. Military Personnel Supporting Plan Colombia", May 2001
• The Center for International Policy's Colombia Project
• Relief Web: Colombia

 More Simulations