Ryan Berg — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Director of the Americas Program and head of the Future of Venezuela Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
Adjunct Professor at the Catholic University of America and a course coordinator at the United States Foreign Service Institute.
Specializes in U.S.-Latin America relations, strategic competition, defense policy, and transnational organized crime.
Holds a Ph.D. and M.Phil. in political science and an M.Sc. in global governance and diplomacy from the University of Oxford.
Council on Foreign Relations Term Member (2024-2029).
Previously a research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he helped lead its Latin America Studies Program.

Biography

Ryan Berg, PhD, is the Director of the Americas Program and head of the Future of Venezuela Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He also holds positions as an adjunct professor at the Catholic University of America and a course coordinator at the United States Foreign Service Institute. His research focuses on U.S.