Joseph S. Tulchin is Director of the Latin American Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C. He is the author of more than twenty books, most recently The Consolidation of Democracy in Latin America. Francisco Rojas Aravena is Director of the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, Santiago, Chile. His most recent publication (as co-editor) isChile-Mercosur: A Strategic Alliance.

• Part I. Opening Comments: 1. The advancement of confidence in the Western Hemisphere John Holum; 2. Address to the First Regional Conference on confidence building measures and security Pablo Cabrera Gaete; 3. Revitalization of the inter-American system and security in the Western Hemisphere Ricardo Mario Rodr'guez; Part II. Regional Perspectives on Strategic Balance and Confidence Building Measures: 1. The question of confidence building measures in the Andean sub region Fernando Bustamante; 2. A Chilean perspective on strategic balance in the southern cone Miguel Navarro Meza; 3. Strategic balance, Brazil, and Western Hemispheric security Thomaz Navarro Costa; 4. A United States view of strategic balance in the Americas John A. Cope; 5. The Caribbean in a new strategic environment Ivelaw Griffith; 6. Strategic balance and regional security in the southern cone Marcela Donadio and Luis Tibiletti; 7. Confidence building measures and strategic balance: a step toward expansion and stability Francisco Rojas Aravena; 8. Strategic balance and confidence building measures in Latin America: the historical utility of an ambiguous concept David R. Mares; 9. A Latin American view of the Inter-American defense board and strategic equilibrium in Latin America Vicente Casales; 10. Strategic balance and sustainable development in the Americas: two fostering institutions Kenneth N. Haynes.

Joseph S. Tulchin is Director of the Latin American Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C. He is the author of more than twenty books, most recently The Consolidation of Democracy in Latin America. Francisco Rojas Aravena is Director of the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, Santiago, Chile. His most recent publication (as co-editor) isChile-Mercosur: A Strategic Alliance.

• Part I. Opening Comments: 1. The advancement of confidence in the Western Hemisphere John Holum; 2. Address to the First Regional Conference on confidence building measures and security Pablo Cabrera Gaete; 3. Revitalization of the inter-American system and security in the Western Hemisphere Ricardo Mario Rodr'guez; Part II. Regional Perspectives on Strategic Balance and Confidence Building Measures: 1. The question of confidence building measures in the Andean sub region Fernando Bustamante; 2. A Chilean perspective on strategic balance in the southern cone Miguel Navarro Meza; 3. Strategic balance, Brazil, and Western Hemispheric security Thomaz Navarro Costa; 4. A United States view of strategic balance in the Americas John A. Cope; 5. The Caribbean in a new strategic environment Ivelaw Griffith; 6. Strategic balance and regional security in the southern cone Marcela Donadio and Luis Tibiletti; 7. Confidence building measures and strategic balance: a step toward expansion and stability Francisco Rojas Aravena; 8. Strategic balance and confidence building measures in Latin America: the historical utility of an ambiguous concept David R. Mares; 9. A Latin American view of the Inter-American defense board and strategic equilibrium in Latin America Vicente Casales; 10. Strategic balance and sustainable development in the Americas: two fostering institutions Kenneth N. Haynes.

Joseph S. Tulchin is Director of the Latin American Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C. He is the author of more than twenty books, most recently The Consolidation of Democracy in Latin America. Francisco Rojas Aravena is Director of the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, Santiago, Chile. His most recent publication (as co-editor) isChile-Mercosur: A Strategic Alliance.

• Part I. Opening Comments: 1. The advancement of confidence in the Western Hemisphere John Holum; 2. Address to the First Regional Conference on confidence building measures and security Pablo Cabrera Gaete; 3. Revitalization of the inter-American system and security in the Western Hemisphere Ricardo Mario Rodr'guez; Part II. Regional Perspectives on Strategic Balance and Confidence Building Measures: 1. The question of confidence building measures in the Andean sub region Fernando Bustamante; 2. A Chilean perspective on strategic balance in the southern cone Miguel Navarro Meza; 3. Strategic balance, Brazil, and Western Hemispheric security Thomaz Navarro Costa; 4. A United States view of strategic balance in the Americas John A. Cope; 5. The Caribbean in a new strategic environment Ivelaw Griffith; 6. Strategic balance and regional security in the southern cone Marcela Donadio and Luis Tibiletti; 7. Confidence building measures and strategic balance: a step toward expansion and stability Francisco Rojas Aravena; 8. Strategic balance and confidence building measures in Latin America: the historical utility of an ambiguous concept David R. Mares; 9. A Latin American view of the Inter-American defense board and strategic equilibrium in Latin America Vicente Casales; 10. Strategic balance and sustainable development in the Americas: two fostering institutions Kenneth N. Haynes.