U.S.-Cuba Policy Initiative

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U.S. – Cuba Engagement in the Gulf: Lessons from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - 9:00am
As BP struggles to staunch the undersea gusher opened by its Deepwater Horizon oil rig on April 20 - dumping hundreds of thousands of gallons of light crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico each day - there's a renewed focus on prevention and mitigation of disasters like this one.
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Rocking Havana

Friday, December 18, 2009 - 12:15pm

On Dec. 18, New America hosted Cuban singer-songwriter Carlos Varela for a discussion and brief concert. Former New York Times Cuba Correspondent Tim Golden and the Washington Post's Eugene Robinson moderated the conversation.

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U.S.-Cuba Policy

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 12:15pm

After an introduction by Patrick Doherty, the Deputy Director of the American Strategy Program and Director of the U.S.-Cuba 21st Century Policy Initiative at New America, Anne Louise Bardach discussed the her recently published book Without Fidel: A Death Foretold in Miami, Havana, and Washington. Bardach described how an article primarily focused on the Cubana Airlines attack and exiled Cuban militants, including Luis Posada Carriles, transformed into a three-part book covering Fidel Castro's long death, the Castro fascination, and Raul Castro's new reign.

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Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba

Wednesday, September 2, 2009 - 12:15pm

Please join Tom Gjelten as he discusses his new book Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba: The Biography of a Cause.

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Is It Time to End the Cold War in Latin America?

Tuesday, April 14, 2009 - 9:30am

On April 14th the New America Foundation hosted an event discussing U.S. interests in Latin America and the future of U.S.–Cuba relations, looking forward to the Summit of the Americas. Steve Coll, President of the New America Foundation and Washington Staff Writer for The New Yorker, gave opening remarks and introduced the panel. The panel included Carl Meacham, Senior Policy Advisor for Senator Richard Lugar, Col.

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What Would Nixon Do on U.S.-Cuba Relations?

Monday, July 28, 2008 - 1:30pm

Monday’s event brought together Dimitri Simes of the Nixon Center, Julia Sweig of the Council on Foreign Relations, Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson -- former chief of staff to General Colonel Powell -- and New America’s Flynt Leverett and Steve Clemons to discuss the future of Cuba policy. An MP3 audio recording can be downloaded below, while video is available at right.

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The American Justice System's Cuba Blind Spot

Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 12:15pm

Join the New America Foundation/American Strategy Program for a presentation by Leonard Weinglass, defense attorney for Gerardo Hernández, Antonio Guerrero, Ramón Labañino, Fernando González, and René González, also known as the Cuban Five.

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Imperatives for a New Cuba Policy

Tuesday, October 16, 2007 - 9:30am

Polls indicate the great majority of Americans now see our 47-year old Cuba policy for the utter failure it is. Even the Cuban-American community, heretofore solidly behind the policy, is moving rapidly in the other direction. Polls taken in the congressional districts of Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Mario Diaz-Balart, two of the policy's most iron-clad advocates, show even the majority of their constituents to disagree -- 66% expressing disagreement in Lincoln Diaz-Balart's district and 69% in Mario Diaz-Balart's. Truly a dramatic change.

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U.S.-Cuba Policy

Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 1:15pm
The New America Foundation launched its US-Cuba Policy Initiative at an event headlined by former State Department Chief of Staff Lawrence Wilkerson and Congressman Jeff Flake (R-AZ). The event was moderated by U.S. foreign policy expert Steven Clemons, who directs the American Strategy Program at New America. The event follows the return of Colonel Wilkerson and Mr. Clemons from a trip to Cuba.
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Post-Fidel: How the Succession is Going and Other Tales

Tuesday, February 6, 2007 - 2:00pm
With unfolding developments pointing toward a possible thaw in U.S.-Cuban relations, the question—whither Cuba after Castro?—has already begun to be mined by journalists and scholars. Award-winning journalist Ann Louise Bardach has been at the forefront of these debates, with unique insight into the politics and culture of Cuba. Bardach recently published the first-ever English edition of The Prison Letters of Fidel Castro.
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