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May 29, 2015

Marczak on the Normalization of Relations between the United States and Cuba

By Jason Marczak

Spanish-language El Espectador quotes Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Deputy Director Jason Marczak on the importance of removing Cuba from the US state sponsors of terrorism list for normalizing relations between the two countries:

Cuba

In the News

May 29, 2015

Marczak on Cuba and the State Sponsors of Terrorism List

By Jason Marczak

Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Deputy Director Jason Marczak joins Al Jazeera to discuss Cuba and the State Sponsors of Terrorism list:

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Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and President Barack Obama, May 26, 2015

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May 26, 2015

Obama and NATO Chief Discuss Russia’s ‘Increasingly Aggressive Posture’

By Barack Obama and Jens Stoltenberg, White House

President Barack Obama:  this is a challenging and important time for NATO, and we are very lucky to have General Secretary Stoltenberg at the helm during this time.

NATO Russia

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May 26, 2015

Who Will Finance Ukraine?

By Global Business & Economics Program

Ukraine's economic stability is uncertain as the conflict with Russia endures. Alongside the negative impacts to growth, exports, and investment, the level of Ukraine's debts are especially worrisome.

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia
David Cameron, Angela Merkel, and Barack Obama, June 4, 2014

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May 22, 2015

The Leadership Gap in the West

By Julianne Smith, Berlin Policy Journal

The West seems to have forgotten, though, that it did not come to be the architect of the global system in the 1940s and 1950s by avoiding risk and relying on conventional approaches.

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia
Polish Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak, Oct. 31, 2014

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May 21, 2015

Polish Defense Minister Forecasts NATO Reboot

By PAP

Defence Minister Tomasz Siemoniak outlined the need for ‘a new NATO’ during a speech in Washington on Tuesday, looking ahead to the organisation’s 2016 summit in Warsaw.

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May 21, 2015

Schechter on US-Cuba Negotiations

By Peter Schechter

The Miami Herald quotes Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Director Peter Schechter on the resuming of US-Cuba negotiations and what affect the embargo will have on those negotiations:

Cuba

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May 20, 2015

Who’s Buying European Companies?

By Global Business & Economics

Who is purchasing European companies? Looking at the five biggest foreign acquisitions of European corporates since 2011 shows that the US are the biggest buyers by a considerable margin, with the China, Hong Kong, Brazil, and Japan following behind.

Brazil China

Commanders Series

May 20, 2015

US Drug Habit Deadly for Latin America

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Head of US Southern Command says terrorists could one day use criminal networks A demand in the United States for drugs—specifically cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamines—is devastating communities across Latin America, says Marine Corps Gen John F. Kelly, Commander of US Southern Command. Illegal trafficking networks pose not just a security threat, they also have corrosive […]

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The success of TTIP has geostrategic value

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May 18, 2015

The Strategic Imperative of TTIP

By Jiří Šedivý, Project Syndicate

As negotiations between the European Union and the United States over the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) move toward a final agreement, opponents of the proposed pact are becoming more vocal.

Central Europe Economy & Business

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