Wed, Apr 1, 2020
Reconciling sanctions and humanitarian need during COVID-19
As the world economy shuts down to try to contain the COVID-19 outbreak, the humanitarian collateral effects of sanctions become more pronounced and potentially deadly. But the argument that the United States should unilaterally roll back sanctions draws a false dichotomy; sanctions do not have to be suspended or rolled back for the United States to better address humanitarian concerns.
New Atlanticist by Brian O’Toole
Wed, Mar 13, 2019
Trump’s new Cuba policy threatens to reignite historic disagreement with key allies
While the Trump administration is right to support human rights and shifts to democracy in both Cuba and Venezuela, this is a shortsighted, ineffective way to achieve such laudable policy objectives.
New Atlanticist by
Thu, Nov 1, 2018
John Bolton takes Latin American ‘troika of tyranny’ to task
“John Bolton made it clear today where the administration is headed on Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua,” Jason Marczak, director of the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center, said.
New Atlanticist by