# western hemisphere (blogs) — RSS Amplifier

Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover western hemisphere.

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## [Rethinking the Governance-Security Divide](https://jefftobin11.substack.com/p/rethinking-the-governance-security)

_2026-06-24 · Jeff Tobin · Jeffery A. Tobin_

As strategic competition increasingly targets institutions rather than territory, the traditional boundary between governance and security becomes harder to maintain.

## [The New Security Doctrine](https://jefftobin11.substack.com/p/the-new-security-doctrine)

_2026-06-13 · Jeff Tobin · Jeffery A. Tobin_

Why Foreign Terrorist Organization designations are reshaping the fight against organized crime

## [When Corruption Becomes Governance: The New Political Infrastructure](https://jefftobin11.substack.com/p/when-corruption-becomes-governance)

_2026-06-11 · Jeff Tobin · Jeffery A. Tobin_

Across Latin America, corruption increasingly shapes how power is exercised, institutions operate, and security is managed.

## [The Essequibo Case Is About More Than a Border](https://jefftobin11.substack.com/p/the-essequibo-case-is-about-more)

_2026-05-13 · Jeff Tobin · Jeffery A. Tobin_

Venezuela is not just contesting territory. It is contesting the legitimacy of the system that created the territory.

## [When Gulf Oil Politics Reach the Americas](https://jefftobin11.substack.com/p/when-gulf-oil-politics-reach-the)

_2026-04-28 · Jeff Tobin · Jeffery A. Tobin_

Why a dispute inside OPEC could reshape budgets, migration, democracy, and influence across the Western Hemisphere.

## [Margins Matter: Hurricane Erick Exposed Old Wounds in Mexico](https://jefftobin11.substack.com/p/margins-matter-hurricane-erick-exposed)

_2025-09-05 · Jeff Tobin · Jeffery A. Tobin_

Disasters, epidemics, silenced reporters, forgotten histories

## [Why Latin America Matters More to U.S. Foreign Policy Than Washington Admits](https://jefftobin11.substack.com/p/why-latin-america-matters-more-to)

_2025-09-03 · Jeff Tobin · Jeffery A. Tobin_

Washington loves a tidy world map.

## [Narco-Conglomerates and Caudillo Democracy](https://jefftobin11.substack.com/p/narco-conglomerates-and-caudillo)

_2025-08-19 · Jeff Tobin · Jeffery A. Tobin_

How Cartels and Corruption Are Rewriting the Rules in Latin America

## [Joseph Conrad and the Securitization of the Oceans](https://jefftobin11.substack.com/p/joseph-conrad-and-the-securitization)

_2025-08-07 · Jeff Tobin · Jeffery A. Tobin_

From Heart of Darkness to the South China Sea

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## [Signed, Always: A Revolutionary Appeal to Canada](https://jefftobin11.substack.com/p/signed-always-a-revolutionary-appeal)

_2025-05-29 · Jeff Tobin · Jeffery A. Tobin_

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