Allison Fedirka
Allison Fedirka is the director of analysis for Geopolitical Futures. In addition to analyzing and writing about global geopolitical issues, she helps train new analysts, oversees the intellectual quality of analyst work and helps guide the forecasting process.
Prior to joining Geopolitical Futures, Ms. Fedirka worked for Stratfor as a Latin America specialist and subsequently as the Latin America regional director. She lived in South America – primarily Argentina and Brazil – for more than seven years and, in addition to English, fluently speaks Spanish and Portuguese.
Ms. Fedirka has a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and international studies from Washington University in St. Louis and a master’s degree in international relations and affairs from the University of Belgrano, Argentina. Her thesis was on Brazil and Angola and south-south cooperation.
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By now, it’s clear that military deployments in the Caribbean Sea are not just about curbing drug trafficking and its associated threats to the United States. Earlier this week, the United States officially designated the Cartel of the Suns, a group Washington says is run by the Venezuelan government, as a terrorist organization. (In Venezuela, […]
What Tariffs Mean for Brazil
Brazil would seem an unlikely target for the Trump administration’s tariff wars. As the 15th largest trade partner of the United States, Brazil accounts for just 2.5 percent of...
Pushback in Panama
Washington’s strategy to advance U.S. interests in Latin America is inherently vulnerable. Broadly speaking, it uses national security and economic arguments to justify its actions and prefers to work...
Canada’s Bid for a ‘Country First’ Strategy
The countries of the G7 held their annual leaders’ summit this week. The gathering, held this year in Alberta, Canada, revived questions over how Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney...
The Coming Competition in Deep-Sea Mining
It’s not every day that small, remote islands emerge as geopolitical inflection points. And yet places like American Samoa, Cook Islands and others are doing just that as they...
Where Brazil Stands in the Trade Wars
A few countries have found any upside in the recent raft of U.S. tariffs. Brazil is one such country.
The fanfare over its potential success centers on agricultural exports. It’s...
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