Dr. R. Evan Ellis, Research Professor of Latin American studies at the U.S. Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute, speaks during “The Cultural and ‘Soft Power’ Influences of China and Russia in the Americas” panel March 28 in the Lewis and Clark Center’s Arnold Conference Room, Fort Leavenworth, Kan. The panel was sponsored by the Cultural and Area Studies Office and U.S. Army Command and General Staff College jointly with Kimberly Green Latin American/Caribbean Center, Florida International University and the U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. Other panel members included Dr. Gary Bjorge, retired professor, Department of History at the Command and General Staff College and Dr. Frank O. Mora, Director, Kimberly Green Latin American/Caribbean Center and professor of politics and international relations at Florida International University. The panel was moderated by Dr. Mahir Ibrahimov, Director of the Cultural and Area Studies Office. Photo by Tisha Swart-Entwistle, Combined Arms Center Public Affairs.