Kristi Noem has been fired from DHS and moved to being a “Special Envoy” to the Shield of the Americas…and no one knows what any of that means. So I spoke to Oliver Stuenkel, senior fellow affiliated with the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, whose focus is Latin America and geopolitical orders. We covered:
the meeting in Florida this weekend to hammer out the Shield of the Americas
what Noem’s role will likely be
why all of this is probably about China
the implications for Latin American countries, trade, and how to tell if this means anything
