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A second set of regional conferences to assess the views of leading policy analysts and policy makers in Brazil, Mexico, and Chile took place in January 2007. In Latin America, the primary concern was maintaining and enhancing economic growth, given increased competition from China and India. Traditional military security concerns were much less salient than in other regions, but there was perceived spillover risk from failed or failing states and prospect of guerrilla-type protests. “Anti-globalization” backlashes appeared to be not directed at globalization itself but at the unequal distribution of its benefits, concentration of wealth, and the associated social exclusion of growing groups.