Please join us for the 14th Edition of the PANAMA INTERVIEW SERIES where we will discuss the report "Widening the Aperture: Nearshoring in Our Near Abroad" with its author RICHARD E. FEINBERG, the emeritus professor at the School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, San Diego
"Rather than concentrating production facilities in one country (e.g., the United States), a better strategy to protect against supply disruptions is redundancy: to diversify sources among multiple suppliers and locations. Further, stockpiling as a form of insurance, whether by private or public entities, is the more efficient strategy both against sudden supply interruptions and demand surges. The Greater Caribbean Basin countries, many of which already participate in global value chains, are perfectly located solutions to these multiple challenges. Further, proximity can facilitate rapid retrofitting of factories to churn out urgently needed products."
Prof. Feinberg's four decades of experience in inter-American relations spans U.S. government service (at the U.S. Departments of Treasury and State, and as Senior Director for Inter-American Affairs at the National Security Council), numerous New York and Washington-based public policy institutes, and as a Peace Corps Volunteer (Chile). Since 2005 he has reviewed over 300 books for the Western Hemisphere section of Foreign Affairs magazine. Among his most recent publications are Open for Business: Building the New Cuban Economy (Brookings Institution Press, 2016) and Nicaraguan Tragedy: From Consensus to Coercion (Wilson Center, Latin American Program, 2019). He holds a Ph.D. in international economics from Stanford University and a B.A. in European History from Brown University.
