Anyone know anything about Julia Sweig?

[EstimatedProphet]

She's on BookTV now (C-SPAN2) talking about her book "Friendly fire" with some jerk who thinks that US policy is ALWAYS RIGHT.

[northofdenali]

1. Google is my friend.

Julia E. Sweig
Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies and Director for Latin America Studies

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Location:
Washington, DC

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Award-winning author of Inside the Cuban Revolution and director of numerous Council-sponsored Task Forces on Latin America. Her recent book Friendly Fire: Losing Friends and Making Enemies in the Anti-American Century was released in April of 2006.


Expertise:

Latin America; U.S.-Latin America policy; Anti-Americanism

Experience:

Board of Directors, Foreign Affairs en Español (current); consultant on Latin American affairs, Congressional Program, The Aspen Institute (1999-present); Project Director, Center for Preventive Action Commission, Andes 2020: A New Strategy for the Challenges of Colombia and the Region (2004); Director, Independent Task Force, U.S.-Cuban Relations in the 21st Century, A Follow-Up Chairman’s Report (2001).

Languages:

Spanish (fluent); Italian and Portuguese (familiar).

Honors:

Herbert Feis Award for Inside the Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro and the Urban Underground, American Historical Association (2003).

Selected Publications:

FriendlyFire: Losing Friends and Making Enemies in the Anti-American Century (PublicAffairs, 2006); Andes 2020: A New Strategy for the Challenges of Colombia and the Region, A Center for Preventive Action Report (Council on Foreign Relations Press, 2004); U.S.-Cuban Relations in the 21st Century, A Follow-On Chairman's Report, Report of an Independent Task Force (Council on Foreign Relations Press, 2001); Inside the Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro and the Urban Underground (Harvard University Press, 2002).

Current Research Projects

Council Special Report on Bolivia
Council Special Report on Venezuela
Latin America Roundtable
Past Research Projects

Study Group on Anti-Americanism
Andes 2020: A New Strategy for the Challenges of Colombia and the Region
Andean Roundtable
Latin America Conference 2000
Roundtable on Cuba and U.S.-Cuban Relations
Independent Task Force on U.S.-Cuban Relations in the 21st Century

[EstimatedProphet]

2. I guess I should be more specific

That's her resume. What I was looking for is: what are her beliefs? Is she another PNAC shill?

[northofdenali]

3. I don't think so, EP -

I would gather, just from her resume, that she is probably a conservative - not necessarily Repuke, though. She has the creds for government work of just about any side of the right/left line.

The thing that bothers me, though, is a statement from her today about "regime change". That is so obviously a BFEE code word, that it makes me wonder. Here's a fast copy of the transcript from today's show:

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0304/26/cst.36.html

PNAC shill doesn't really sit right with me. She is so obvously intelligent that I can't see her buying in to the Shrub Sitcom, but one never knows. I guess I'd have to follow the money and see.