Human rights won’t happen in a vacuum in Cuba
Normalizing relations with the island would go a long way towards promoting one of the president’s “core pillars” of US foreign policy.
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.