From the monthly archives: December 2008
As the Bush Administration packs up and the Obama Administration prepares to move in, legions of experts descend upon the new players to dispense free advice on the gamut of policy issues. With regards to the Western Hemisphere, particularly Cuba, based on background discussions I’ve had with folks during the past few weeks, this policy courting is generating [...]
The seemingly never-ending obsession with U.S.-Cuba policy is reaching a fever pitch. With Democratic control of both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue for the first time in decades, the pro-Castro camp is salivating at the thought of normalizing relations with the Communist government of the only designated state sponsor of terrorism in the Western Hemisphere. They should be [...]
From a recent edition of The Space Review: “One of the most persistent calls for change in space policy in the US in recent years has revolved around export control. Current law puts virtually most space hardware under the jurisdiction of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), an acronym that has become figuratively and [...]
U.S.-Cuba relations is one of the more contentious issues in the Western Hemisphere that the Obama Administration may tackle in the first year in power. They already appointed Fidel Castro’s lawyer as the next White House Counsel. With the appointment of New York Senator Hillary Clinton, well, you do the political math. Just [...]
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