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This paper looks at the need to rethink and renew trans-American security cooperation to better counter national and regional security concerns. The author suggests that the US can contribute by supporting more robust implementation of inter-American laws and facilitating initiatives to help build civilian institutions that are critical to stability. It can also contribute by helping to develop professional civilian and military skills and key institutional relationships including intelligence-sharing, and by improving policy dialogues and continuing inter-ministerial consultations needed to bridge different interests and perspectives.