On Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, the Strauss Center will welcome Dr. Paul Angelo, fellow for Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, for a talk on U.S. security assistance to Latin America, with a focus on Mexico, Central America, and Colombia. This talk will be a part of our Brumley Speaker Series.
Registration required. Seating is limited and not guaranteed.
Please note: Format is subject to change as we are continually monitoring health conditions. Masking and social distancing are optional but highly recommended. For those experiencing COVID-19 symptoms prior to the event, please refrain from attending the event. We will maintain a roster of all attendees and will provide the list to UT Health Austin for contact tracing purposes.
Biography
Paul J. Angelo is a fellow for Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). His work focuses on U.S.-Latin American relations, transnational crime, violent actors, military and police reform, and immigration. A former active-duty naval officer, he has extensive experience in military and government service.
Angelo was formerly an international affairs fellow at CFR, and in this capacity, he represented the U.S. Department of State as a political officer at the U.S. Embassy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, where he managed the ambassador's security and justice portfolio. In the Political Section, he provided technical assistance to the Honduran police reform commission; supported strategy development and agenda-setting for Afro-descendent, indigenous and LGBTQ networks to improve civic engagement; and led policy and legal analysis on violence, crime and migration trends. His previous service in the Navy included tours in a United Kingdom-based NATO position, on board a destroyer deployed to the Asia-Pacific region, and as an instructor at the U.S. Naval Academy, where he taught Spanish and Latin American politics courses.
During his naval career, Angelo deployed to Colombia on three occasions over the course of more than a decade. During his longest mission in Colombia, he served as the U.S. Embassy's principal liaison to the Colombian military and police in the highly conflictive Pacific coast. He was directly responsible for the planning of inter-agency missions focused on improving local governance, rule of law, and security in support of Plan Colombia, and he spearheaded the coordination and implementation of the Embassy's largest bilateral humanitarian mission in 2011.
Angelo holds a B.S. in political science (with honors) from the U.S. Naval Academy, where he was awarded the Harry S. Truman Scholarship, an M.Phil. in Latin American studies (with distinction) from the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar, and a Ph.D. in politics from University College London. He was recently selected for commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve, through which he supports U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command as a Foreign Area Officer. Angelo's written commentary has appeared in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, New York Times, Washington Post, Miami Herald, The Hill and Survival: Global Politics and Strategy.