U.S.-Cuba Policy Initiative: Publications, Events and MoreProgram-Related content, mainly for RSS feedSteve Clemons and Lawrence Wilkerson in Financial Times 'A Family Business'- February 26, 2008 New America in the News: 'A Family Business' (Finanical Times Analysis Online) To the generation of Cuban exiles that has spent almost half a century dreaming of the day Fidel Castro left power, last week came as a cruel disappointment. While the legendary revolutionary leader finally stepped down as head of state, the communist government he set up maintains its grip on a calm and stable Cuba. With no sign of a fundamental policy shift in Havana, Washington is also continuing the...http://www.newamerica.net/pressroom/2008/steve_clemons_and_lawrence_wilkerson_financial_ti... Steve Clemons in Dallas Morning News 'Joshua Kurlantzick: It's Time to End the Cuban Embargo'- February 24, 2008 New America in the News: Joshua Kurlantzick: It's Time to End the Cuban Embargo (Dallas Morning News opinion piece) ...John McCain has indicated he would continue the current policy. And as Washington policy analyst Steve Clemons notes, Mike Huckabee, who backed greater engagement with Cuba when he was governor of Arkansas, now says he wants to put still more pressure on Havana. So, even as Cuba and the world changes, the candidates seem stuck in the past, keeping a shrinking...http://www.newamerica.net/pressroom/2008/steve_clemons_dallas_morning_news_its_time_end_cu... Steven Clemons in San Francisco Chronicle 'Castro, primaries - food, fuel for blogosphere'- February 23, 2008 New America in the News: Castro, primaries - food, fuel for blogosphere (San Francisco Chronicle) It came as a shock that, after 50 years in power, Castro has conceded he is no longer physically up to the job of running Cuba and is transferring the reins of power (well almost) to his brother, Raul. What this all means was taken up at links.sfgate.comZCNE by Steven C. Clemons. He says that what is lost amid all the reporting of the moment is that the real question may be, "Which of the..http://www.newamerica.net/pressroom/2008/steven_clemons_san_francisco_chronicle_castro_pri... Steve Clemons on American AM Talk Radio 'U.S.-Cuba Foreign Policy'- February 22, 2008 New America in the News: U.S.-Cuba Foreign Policy (American AM Talk RadioWWPR) "Our embargo does withhold certain amounts of economic activity, but its very clear that Cuba has aligned itself globally that it can circumvent us and that means we are simply in an ineffective situation where we are no longer relevant," said Steve Clemons in an interview with Henry Raines. Clemons directs the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation. Listen to the audio from Clemon's.http://www.newamerica.net/pressroom/2008/steve_clemons_american_am_talk_radio_u_s_cuba_for... Patrick Doherty in Toronto Star 'A broker's role for Canada'- February 20, 2008 New America in the News: A broker's role for Canada (Toronto Star) ...Patrick Doherty, the director of the Washington-based U.S.-Cuba 21st Century Policy Initiative New America Foundation, said any such effort by Ottawa and like-minded allies could be "catalytic'' for any change coming with a new president. The Bush administration made it clear it would be making no changes in its policy. For five decades, the U.S. has restricted trade, travel and commerce with Cuba. Family visits...http://www.newamerica.net/pressroom/2008/patrick_doherty_toronto_star_brokers_role_canada Castro's Exit is a Giant Opportunity- February 20, 2008 OK, which candidate is prepared to break U.S.-Cuba relations out of the anachronistic Cold War cocoon and initiate a new course Barack Obama has sketched out the initial steps of a changed direction already, and Hillary Clinton in response said she saw no reason to change from the Bush administration's course until a triggering event appeared. When Fidel Castro hinted in December he would step down, I asked the Clinton campaign whether it would change course, and was told if something...http://www.newamerica.net/publications/articles/2008/castros_exit_giant_opportunity_6753 Patrick Doherty on Nightly Business Report 'New Hope For Havana Investors'- February 19, 2008 New America in the News: Fidel Castro's Resignation Gives American Inventors New Hope For Havana (Nightly Business ReportPBS) Patrick Doherty, New America Foundation: "Fidel Castro has the ability to blame the United States for anything that goes wrong in Cuba but because of our embargo and because of that, we've been able to preserve one of the few remaining communist states by creating ourselves as a scapegoat." morehttp://www.newamerica.net/pressroom/2008/patrick_doherty_nightly_business_report_new_hope_... Lawrence Wilkerson in USA Today 'U.S. Cuba Policy Could Get New Look'- February 19, 2008 New America in the News: U.S. Cuba policy could get new look (USA Today) ...Retired colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, co-chair of the U.S.-Cuba Policy Initiative New America Foundation and chief of staff to former secretary of State Colin Powell, said it was clear to most Americans that "our Cuba policy is a failure." morehttp://www.newamerica.net/pressroom/2008/lawrence_wilkerson_usa_today_u_s_cuba_policy_coul... New America in New York Times Online 'For Cuba Experts, Castro Presents Opportunity for Change'- February 19, 2008 New America in the News: For Cuba Experts, Castro Presents Opportunity for Change(New York Times blogThe Lede) ...While some experts saw change already afoot, others on a conference call convened today by the New America Foundation were fiercely critical of Washingtons refusal to end its economic embargo of Cuba, including strict travel restrictions. Our policy from Cuba is a relic from the Cold War, Representative Jim McGovern, Democrat of Massachusetts, who was on the call, told...http://www.newamerica.net/pressroom/2008/new_america_new_york_times_online_cuba_experts_ca... Historic Opportunity- February 19, 2008 Fidel Castro is stepping down -- but will anything in US policy change American foreign policy is full of missed moments -- the most recent and disturbing of which was in April 2003 when Iran made a normalisation offer to the US that included putting on the table recognition of Israel, cutting its support of Hamas and Hezbollah's terrorist activities, and its nuclear programme in exchange for some gestures from the US, the most important of which was ending our regime change ambitions...http://www.newamerica.net/publications/articles/2008/historic_opportunity_6751 |