1. Issues of Security and Human Resiliency Nancy E. Brune Center for A New American Security and Sandia National Laboratories Atlantic Basin Initiative September 12-13, 2012

2. Economic and Security Linkages CountryRank (Violent deaths per 100,000 citizens) 2004-2009 Change in FDI flows 2008-2010 El Salvador1 (62)-88.6% Honduras4 (50)-20.7% Colombia5 (48)-36% Venezuela6 (47)-500% Guatemala7 (44)-10.1% South Africa8 (42)26.3% Lesotho10 (34)6.3% Central African Republic 11 (33)-38.5%

3. Drivers of Insecurity: Drug Trafficking Then (1998) NOW (2008)

4. Drivers of Insecurity: Drug Trafficking Main global cocaine flows, 2009 Source: World Drug Report 2011, June 2011

5. Drivers of Insecurity: Drug Trafficking

6. Growing concern about terrorism

8. Conclusions Atlantic Basin countries face increasing security challenges But renewed efforts to improve regional cooperation Recommendations for Moving Forward ▫ More multilateral and South-South engagement ▫ International financial institutions should fund programs that address hard-soft security issues ▫ Support regional trade organizations ▫ United States must begin to address Latin America’s concerns