Susan Virginia Brewer-Osorio

Interests

Research

Illicit Markets, Development, and Conflict in Andean Latin America; Contentious Politics and Political Processes in Andean Latin America; Peace Processes and DDR; Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru.

Teaching

Latin American Politics, U.S.-Latin American Relations, Political Violence in Latin America, Social Movements in the Andes, Drug Policy in Latin America

Courses

Scholarly Contributions

Chapters

• Brewer-Osorio, S. V. (2021). The Bolivian cocalero social movement: From hacendado resistance to cocalero President. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin American History.
• Brewer-Osorio, S. V. (2019). Mexico’s Democratic Consolidation. In Comparative Governance: Political Structure and Diversity Across the Globe. McGraw-Hill.

Journals/Publications

• Brewer-Osorio, S. (2024). From spoilers to builders: collective reintegration, leadership, and peace in Colombia. Conflict, Security & Development, 1-32. doi:10.1080/14678802.2024.2332184
• Brewer-Osorio, S. V. (2021). The Bolivian MAS and Social Movements: The Case of the Yungas Cocaleros. Bolivian Studies Journal.
• Brewer-Osorio, S. V. (2021). Turning Over a New Leaf A Subnational Analysis of ‘Coca Yes, Cocaine No’ in Bolivia. Journal of Latin American Studies.
• Brewer-Osorio, S. V. (2020). Reform, Repression, and the Rule of the Cocaleros in Bolivia. The Latin Americanist, 64(3), 257-279.
• Brewer-Osorio, S., Pavon-Harr, V., Mohamed, M., & Osorio, . J. (2019). Mapping Violent Presence of Armed Actors. Advances in Cartography and GIScience, 1, 16. doi:10.5194/ica-adv-1-16-2019
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  The paper will be published in the Advances in Cartography and GIScience after the International Cartographic Conference - ICC 2019 http://icc2019.org/index.html
• Osorio, . J., Mohamed, M., Pavon-Harr, V., & Brewer-Osorio, S. (2019). Mapping Violent Presence of Armed Actors. Advances in Cartography and Geoscience, 1(16). doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/ica-adv-1-16-2019
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  The paper was published in the Advances in Cartography and Geoscience, a peer-reviewed journal.
• Brewer-Osorio, S. V. (2018). Narcotization as Security Dilemma: The FARC and the Drug Trade in Latin America. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 41(8), 638-659.
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  This article addresses the relationship between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the cocaine trade in Colombia, and implications for the FARC's complete demobilization under the 2016 peace agreement. The article identifies two phases of FARC interaction with drug markets. During the regulation phase (1982–1991), the FARC regulated the coca economy and charged protection rents. During vertical integration (1991–present), the FARC directly participated in drug markets. Contrary to conventional approaches, the article adopts the concept of the security dilemma to argue that FARC integration in drug markets was a strategic response to threats from paramilitaries and narcotics traffickers.
• Brewer-Osorio, S. V. (2012). A Tale of Two Paramilitaries: The Political Economy of Local Paramilitary Rule in the Magdalena Medio, Colombia. The Latin Americanist Annals, 56(1), 36-56.

Presentations

• Brewer-Osorio, S. V. (2023, June). The Demand and Supply of Criminal Governance: Experimental Evidence from Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador. Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference. Bologna, Italy.
• Brewer-Osorio, S. V. (2023, March). From Spoilers to Stakeholders: Collective Reintegration, Leadership, and Peace in Colombia. International Studies Association (ISA). Montreal, Canada.
• Brewer-Osorio, S. V. (2023, May). Collective Reincorporation of Ex-Combatants in Colombia: Sustainable Communities and Abandoned Spaces. International Peace Research Association (IPRA). Port of Spain, Trinidad.
• Brewer-Osorio, S. V. (2023, November). Collective Reintegration and Gender Relations Among Ex-Combatants. Peace Science Society International. St Louis, Missouri.
• Brewer-Osorio, S. V. (2023, September). Collective Reintegration and Female Ex-Combatants: Lessons from Colombia. Manchester Peace Studies Conference. Manchester, UK.
• Brewer-Osorio, S. V. (2022, Spring 2022). Spoiler Alert: Criminals, Dissidents, and Rivals, and the Killing of Ex-combatants in Colombia. Latin American Peace Science Society (LAPSS)Latin American Peace Science Society (LAPSS).
• Brewer-Osorio, S. V. (2022, Spring 2022). Spoiler Alert: The Logic of Violence Against Ex-Combatants in Colombia. International Studies Association (ISA). Nashville, TN: International Studies Association (ISA).
• Brewer-Osorio, S. V. (2022, Spring 2022). The Cocalero Opposition and Political Crisis in Bolivia. Latin American Studies Association (LASA)Latin American Studies Association (LASA).
• Brewer-Osorio, S. V. (2021, April). Staying Together or Breaking Up? The Reincorporation of Ex-Combatants in Colombia. International Studies Association (ISA) annual conference. virtual (due to COVID): International Studies Association.
• Brewer-Osorio, S. V. (2021, January). Collective Reincorporation of Armed Groups after War. Latin American Peace Society Meeting (LAPPS). virtual (due to COVID): Universidad de los Andes (Bogota, Colombia).
• Brewer-Osorio, S. V. (2021, July). La Reincorporación Colectiva de Excombatientes. La Implementación del acuerdo de paz en tiempos de protesta: oportunidades y amenazas. Bogota, Colombia: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.
• Brewer-Osorio, S. V. (2021, June). The Unity of Rebel Groups After War: The Case of the FARC in Colombia. 20th Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference. virtual (due to COVID): Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference.
• Brewer-Osorio, S. V. (2021, June). Turning over a New Leaf: A Subnational Analysis of ‘Coca Yes, Cocaine No’ in Bolivia. Red de Estudios Sobre Drogas en América Latina (REDESDAL). virtual (due to COVID): Universidad de los Andes (Bogota, Colombia).
• Brewer-Osorio, S. V. (2021, March). Risk and Opportunity in the Collective Reincorporation of Ex-Combatants: The Case of Colombia. The Four Corners Conflict Network (4CCN). virtual (due to COVID): University of New Mexico.
• Brewer-Osorio, S. V. (2021, May). Securing the Peace: Security Threats and Reincorporation of Ex-Combatants in Colombia. Latin American Studies Association (LASA) annual conference. virtual (due to COVID): Latin American Studies Association.
• Brewer-Osorio, S. V. (2021, November). Ex-Combatant Communities and Peacebuilding in Colombia. Imagining Peace Another Way. virtual (due to COVID): University of Gothberg.
• Brewer-Osorio, S. V. (2021, October). The Collective Reincorporation of Ex-Combatants and Post-Conflict Stability. Symposium on Resilience Research for Global Development Challenges. Tucson, Arizona: Arizona Institute for Resilience, University of Arizona.
• Brewer-Osorio, S. V. (2020, December). The Unity of Rebel Groups After War: The Case of the FARC in Colombia. From Armed to Non-Armed Politics Virtual Seminars. Virtual due to COVID: Politics After War (PAW), Folke Bernadotte Academy, United Nations.
• Brewer-Osorio, S. V. (2020, January). Colombia’s Reincorporation Spaces for Ex-Combatants. Latin American Peace Science. Medellin, Colombia: Latin American Peace Science.
• Brewer-Osorio, S. V. (2020, May). A Comparative Analysis of Colombia’s Reincorporation Spaces for Ex-Combatants. Latin American Studies Association. Virtual platform (due to coronavirus travel restrictions): Latin American Studies Association.
• Brewer-Osorio, S. V. (2020, November). The Unity of Rebel Groups after War: The Case of the FARC in Colombia. Peace Science Association (International). Virtual (COVID): Peace Science Association.
• Brewer-Osorio, S. V. (2020, September). Rebel Villages: Committing to Peace and Collective Reincorporation in Colombia. American Political Science Association. San Francisco, California: American Political Science Association.
• Brewer-Osorio, S. V. (2019, January). Why They Leave: Explaining Central American Migration (Invited Talk). Asylum and Central America: What you need to know. U.S. District Court, Tucson, Arizona: Continued Legal Education (CLE).
• Brewer-Osorio, S. V. (2019, June). A Subnational Analysis of Drug Policy Reform in Plurinational Bolivia. Development Studies Association. The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom: Development Studies Association.
• Brewer-Osorio, S. V. (2019, March). Turning Over a New Leaf? A Subnational Analysis of Drug Policy Reform in Bolivia. Southwest Council of Latin American Studies. San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico: Southwest Council of Latin American Studies.
• Brewer-Osorio, S. V. (2019, May). Sealing the Peace Deal? Assessing the Reincorporation of Ex-Combatants in Colombia. Latin American Studies Association. Boston, Massachusetts: Latin American Studies Association.
• Brewer-Osorio, S. V. (2019, November). Should I Stay, or Should I Go? A Comparative Analysis of Colombia’s Reincorporation Spaces for Ex-Combatants. Building Sustainable Peace: Ideas, Evidence, and Strategies. University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana: Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies.
• Brewer-Osorio, S. V., & Osorio Zago, F. J. (2018, Fall). Multi-Actor Conflict and Violence in Colombia. American Political Science Association. Boston, Massachusetts: American Political Science Association.
• Brewer-Osorio, S. V. (2017, April). The Politics of Coca Eradication in Bolivia. Latin American Studies Association. Lima, Peru: Latin American Studies Association.
• Brewer-Osorio, S. V. (2016, Fall). Social Movements and Drug Policy, the Case of Bolivia. American Political Science Association. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: American Political Science Association.
• Brewer-Osorio, S. V., & Osorio Zago, F. J. (2016, April). Territorial Dynamics of Multipolar Conflict in Colombia. Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, Illinois: Midwest Political Science Association.

Reviews

• Brewer-Osorio, S. V. (2022.
  Hillel David Soifer and Alberto Vergara (eds.), Politics after Violence: Legacies of the Shining Path Conflict in Peru (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2019)..

Others

• Osorio Zago, F. J., & Brewer-Osorio, S. V. (2022, July). Demand and Supply of Criminal Governance: Pre-Analysis Plan. Open Science Framework.
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  Pre-Analysis Plan