Ivan Briscoe
Former Senior Research Fellow
Expertise
- Conflict and Fragility
- Security and Justice
Regions
- Americas
Expertise: fragile states; state-led economic development; organized crime; Latin American politics.
Until August 2016 Ivan Briscoe was a Senior Research Fellow at the Conflict Research Unit of Clingendael. At the CRU he specialized in the political economy of post-conflict countries and analysis of organized crime, with a regional focus on Latin America, North Africa and Syria. His particular interests include drug trafficking, shadow state structures and the dynamics of inequality.
Prior to joining Clingendael in 2009, he was Senior Researcher at the Foundation for International Relations and Foreign Dialogue (FRIDE) in Madrid, where he studied fragile states and conflict. Prior to that, he worked for over a decade as a journalist and newspaper editor in Latin America, France and Spain.
He graduated from Oxford University (Magdalen College) with a First Class Honour’s Degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics. He also holds a Master’s Degree in Development from the Complutense University of Madrid. In June 2016 Ivan left Clingendael and joined the International Crisis Group in Bogotá, Colombia as Program Director for Latin America and the Caribbean.
