Taking page from regime change playbook, it’s back to confrontation with Cuba
Washington’s active support for dissidents puts everything in peril, most importantly, the people it wants to help.
Washington’s active support for dissidents puts everything in peril, most importantly, the people it wants to help.
While he warned about the military industrial complex, he was less restrained when it came to covert interventions, some which reverberate today.
US domestic politics are overshadowing multiple crises on the island nation, which only prolongs the suffering of the Cuban people.
Excuses for why the US can’t lift Trump restrictions on the cash Americans send their families there are outdated and inaccurate.
Sanctions like those imposed on Cuba fail to achieve their stated policy objectives and create misery for millions of innocent people.
Those pushing for regime change should be careful what they wish for.
While the domestic politics are tricky, Biden can at least start with issues that have an humanitarian impact.
Normalizing relations with the island would go a long way towards promoting one of the president’s “core pillars” of US foreign policy.
Poznansky’s new book shows how the U.S. pays lip service to international rules while doing what it wants behind the scenes.
Trump’s rekindling of animosity between Washington and Havana will serve as a blip on the road to rapprochement.
The outgoing secretary of state spent his final days planting booby traps and ensuring his own political future.
Quick action by President Biden to reverse this will go a long way to restoring an atmosphere of trust and mutual respect.
Pompeo’s recent abuse of terrorism designations is part of the Trump administration’s salting of the earth before giving way to the Biden administration.
Reversing Donald Trump’s reversal of President Obama’s path to normalization with Cuba could serve as an easy example of America’s reengagement with the world.
One well-established principle of sanctions policy is that the country or group imposing the sanctions must be prepared to take yes for an answer.
If Trump and Pompeo really want to de-escalate, that means not only backing off from more provocative and deadly kinetic acts; it also means backing off from the economic warfare that started the destructive cycle.