The hemisphere and declining U.S. hegemony / Hanna Kassab -- Reconceptualizing security priorities of the hemisphere / Hanna Kassab -- Desecuritization : reestablishing priorities of the hemisphere / Alberto Lozano-Vazquez -- In the name of vindice : Latin America's "endemic pattern" of violence : a conceptual analysis / Bradford R. McGuinn -- Colombia : prospects for peace in the 21st century : past failures, present challenges and future opportunities / Lilian Yaffe -- Mexico : violence in Mexico : in search of an explanation / Jorge Chabat -- Organized crime and drug trafficking : trends and supply chains / Juan Carlos Garzón Vergara -- Venezuela : trends in organized crime / Joseph M. Humire -- Drug trafficking and organized crime in Colombia : major challenges for the Santos administration / Adam Isacson -- A "full-cycle-country" : how Argentina's new role within the political economy of illicit drugs is transforming the structure of organized crime / Sebastian Antonio Cutrona -- The evolution of Peru's Shining Path and the new security priorities in the hemisphere / Barnett S. Koven and Cynthia McClintock -- The rise of China in the Americas / R. Evan Ellis -- Development and inequality in the Americas / Ali R. Bustamante -- Resource security : energy and environment / Rémi Piet -- Health security challenges in the Americas : newly emerging and reemerging infectious diseases / Sherri L. Porcelain -- Environmental security of coastal resources in Latin America / Daniel Suman -- Migration in the Americas / Roberto Zepeda Martinez.