François Picard is pleased to welcome Christopher Sabatini, Senior Research Fellow for Latin America, the US and the Americas program at Chatham House. According to Sabatini, the removal of a head of state through external force may appear, at first glance, as a decisive rupture.
Key takeaways
Quick scan — what you need to know:
- François Picard is pleased to welcome Christopher Sabatini, Senior Research Fellow for Latin America, the US and the Americas program at Chatham House.
- According to Sabatini, the removal of a head of state through external force may appear, at first glance, as a decisive rupture.
- Yet what unfolds beneath the surface reveals continuity rather than transformation.
- The structures of power, the networks of coercion, and the embedded systems of corruption do not dissolve with the extraction of a single leader.
Background
What led here, in plain terms:
- François Picard is pleased to welcome Christopher Sabatini, Senior Research Fellow for Latin America, the US and the Americas program at Chatham House.
- According to Sabatini, the removal of a head of state through external force may appear, at first glance, as a decisive rupture.
- Yet what unfolds beneath the surface reveals continuity rather than transformation.
- The structures of power, the networks of coercion, and the embedded systems of corruption do not dissolve with the extraction of a single leader.
Why it matters
Why readers and decision-makers should care:
- François Picard is pleased to welcome Christopher Sabatini, Senior Research Fellow for Latin America, the US and the Americas program at Chatham House.
- According to Sabatini, the removal of a head of state through external force may appear, at first glance, as a decisive rupture.
- Yet what unfolds beneath the surface reveals continuity rather than transformation.