Alejandro Posada-Tellez, Author at Centre for Dialogue and Global Affairs https://cdga.org.uk An Oxford-based independent think tank Thu, 27 Aug 2026 11:47:24 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://cdga.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/cropped-CDGA-Logo-32x32.jpg Alejandro Posada-Tellez, Author at Centre for Dialogue and Global Affairs https://cdga.org.uk 32 32 Waging the War Wrong? Rethinking Success in Latin America’s Fight against Organised Crime https://cdga.org.uk/2026/08/27/waging-the-war-wrong-rethinking-success-in-latin-americas-fight-against-organised-crime/ Thu, 27 Aug 2026 11:46:09 +0000 https://cdga.org.uk/?p=15109 Although Latin American governments are taking measures against organised crime, the overall effectiveness of many of these measures is questionable. Alejandro Posado-Tellez examines four assumptions informing state responses to organised crime, and argues that state interventions can substantially weaken an organisation without necessarily producing a corresponding decline in its activities or control.

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]]> Policy Brief | Why is Mediation Failing to Resolve So Many Armed Conflicts Today? https://cdga.org.uk/2025/11/11/policy-brief-why-is-mediation-failing-to-resolve-so-many-armed-conflicts-today/ Tue, 11 Nov 2025 21:56:23 +0000 https://cdga.org.uk/?p=12458 This policy brief draws on the panel discussion organised by the Oxford Global Society on 6 October 2025. Panellists emphasised that mediation today is marked by a climate of disillusionment with multilateral diplomacy and intensifying geopolitical rivalry. As states invest more heavily in deterrence and defence, trust in diplomacy as a means to resolve and manage conflict has diminished. Still, the panel agreed that mediation continues to offer something unique: it preserves the possibility of dialogue in conflicts that grow more protracted each day.

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