Guillaume is a senior research fellow at CEPR. He has held several cabinet positions in the government of Ecuador, including Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Culture, and Minister of Knowledge and Human Talent. Most recently, he served as Ecuador’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva.
Guillaume has trained as a historian and holds a PhD in international politics from the University of London. His research focuses primarily on the foreign policy of Latin American states, regionalism and integration in Latin America (including the workings of the OAS, MERCOSUR, UNASUR, CELAC, and other regional bodies), Ecuadorian domestic politics, and the Colombian conflict and peace process. At the multilateral level, he has led initiatives on tax havens, bilateral investment treaties, and a UN treaty on human rights and transnational corporations. Guillaume is fluent in English, Spanish, and French.
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US Sanctions and the Sharp Rise in Infant Mortality in Cuba
Cuba’s infant mortality rate has risen by 148 percent since 2018, indicating a severe deterioration in population’s overall health. The unparalleled hardening of US sanctions during the first Trump administration, largely maintained under the Biden administration and further expanded in a second Trump term, including a devastating fuel blockade, is the primary cause of the current economic and humanitarian crisis—widely considered the worst in the island’s contemporary history.
The US Attacked Iran to Show Its Power but the War Is Already Lost. Epic Fury Looks Like an Epic Fail
The US-Israeli war on Iran is already lost for the United States. Even if Iran is militarily defeated, it is unlikely the United States’ political objectives will be achieved. And, on balance, the United States will come out weakened from this war.
(Foreign Policy) Why Trump Should Be Careful What He Wishes for in Cuba
In a new piece in Foreign Policy, Guillaume Long and Alexander Main warn that the Trump administration’s escalating pressure campaign against Cuba could produce a crisis that could prove harmful to both the Cuban people and US interests.
(Project Syndicate) Ecuador’s Warning to Trump
By rejecting all four ballot measures in a recent referendum, Ecuadorian voters demonstrated an understanding that neither their right-wing president, Daniel Noboa, nor Donald Trump seems to share. Militarizing poor neighborhoods and inviting US troops is no way to resolve a security crisis.
The US Warships Off Venezuela Aren’t there to Fight Drugs
The US says it is fighting drugs, but its warships off Venezuela tell another story about power, control and regime change.
The Trump Administration Unabashedly Embraces the Monroe Doctrine
Read about the Trump administration’s Latin America policy and their adherence to the Monroe Doctrine.
State Department’s Symbolic Step on Cuba Only Provokes Regional Frustration Over Sanctions
Latin American and Caribbean governments want the US to remove Cuba from its list of State Sponsors of Terrorism.
ISDS, Egged on by Canadian Mining Interests, Makes a Stealth Appearance in Noboa’s Security Referendum
Should foreign investors be given carte blanche to carry out environmentally destructive projects?
How Did Ecuador Spiral into This Nightmare? It Was the Neoliberal Dismantling of the State
For years, Ecuador was hailed as an “island of peace”, even as a security success story. So how did it spiral into chaos so rapidly?
Latin America Is Stronger Together
The effort to revive UNASUR is the latest in a broader drive toward Latin American integration.
