And im joined by my colleague, the director of the Aerospace Security project at csis. We are delighted to welcome general laura richardson, the commander of United States Southern Command to csis, to talk about her perspective on whats happening down south. General richardson is an army aviator flying helicopters. Shes trained soldiers, deployed into a rack into iraq and afghanistan, has seen policymaking at the highest levels and understands the role of congress. I had the pleasure of meeting her when she was in the role of legislative liaison, where she met relationships with members of congress to establish policy and fund the army, and also got to meet her again during her deployment to afghanistan, where i saw her lead in a complex and challenging security environment , so i can think of no better leader than general richardson to tackle these tough issues and strengthen our relationship. Its a privilege to have you today. Thank you very much. Its my honor to be here and have the
Next, army general laura richardson, commander of the u. S. Southern command talks about security challenges facing latin america. A Virtual Event hosted by this the center for strategic and International Studies which includes migration, and her connex trafficking, Climate Change, checking the amazon rain forest and competing with china amidst their investment in infrastructure in the region. This is about 50 minutes. Central and south america is arguably a divisive region in competition with authoritarian actors. For example, the peoples republic of china is doing things like investing in Critical Infrastructure across the region including strategically useful ports as well as cyber and space facilities that could be used by beijing civilian and military agencies. Russia continues its support of authoritarian and malign actors across the area including disinformation campaigns and those are only part of the strategic challenges to the United States that are emanating from that region
All of these are on the agenda of the United States southern community. I am the director of the more womens, more Power Initiative and im joined by my colleague, the director of the project. We are delighted to welcome general laura richardson, the commander of the United States Southern Command to talk about her perspective on whats happening down south. General richardson is an army aviator flying blackhawk helicopters. She has trained soldiers, she has deployed into iraq and afghanistan in combat. She seen policymaking at the highest level of the white house and understands the role of congress. I was fortunate to meet her, first while in a key role of legislative liaison or she built relationships with members of congress to establish policy and importantly, fund the army. I also got to meet her again during her deployment to afghanistan. Where i saw her lead in a very complex and challenging security environment. I can think of no better leader than general richardson to tackle t
Boomers were getting to vote. Host appreciate that and all our callers today. Coming up live is the commander of the u. S. Southern command, army general laura richardson. She looks at security challenges facing latin america. This event is hosted by the center for strategic and international studies. Have a great day, everybody. We will be back tomorrow at 7 a. M. Eastern. See you tomorrow. Malign actors across the region. Those are only part of the strategic challenges to the United States that are emanating from that region. Migration, transnational criminal organizations, illegal fishing, all of these are on the agenda of the United States Southern Command. I am the director of the smart women, Smart Power Initiative and im joined by my colleague, the director of the Aerospace Security project at csis. We are delighted to welcome general laura richardson, the commander of United States Southern Command to csis, to talk about her perspective on whats happening down south. General ri