Farewell Fidelismo?
Trump has a chance to liberate the Cuban people – and others
Fidel Castro
Religious Persecution Underpins Anti-American Regimes in Cuba and Nicaragua
The Trump administration should put pressure on Havana and Managua to bolster religious freedom.
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Our enemies depend on anonymity. To defeat them, we must unmask them
President Donald Trump’s tariffs are a critical tool to reorganize a broken global trading system and push back on economic coercion by America’s adversaries. Unfortunately, China has...
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South Africa Needs the Trump Treatment
The ANC has been too cozy for too long with the West’s enemies.
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In U.S. backyard: How China embedded itself in Canada
Since the 1970s, there have been important political and economic pro-China vectors emanating out of Montreal and Ottawa. Since then, that have broadened to influential pro-Beijing groups across Canada. Canada...
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Two More Reasons to Worry About China
Keep an eye on China’s relationship with Cuba, for starters.
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The return of the Monroe Doctrine
Sanders aside, Trump finds bipartisan support for a pro-U.S. Venezuelan leader
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America’s News HQ
FDD's Executive Director Mark Dubowitz comments on the death of Fidel Castro and its implications on US foreign policy. ...
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Our Man in Havana
“I have come here to bury the last remnant of the Cold War in the Americas.” That was Barack Obama’s “historic” announcement in Cuba last week. But was it true? What...
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Britain’s Corbyn Is No Laughing Matter
"Few people outside Britain have ever heard of Jeremy Corbyn," the British journalist Nick Cohen ...
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Historic Day for Washington, Havana…and Pyongyang’s Hackers
On a day when hackers working for North Korea managed to shut down the release of an American movie, on American soil, by threatening terrorist attacks on American theaters, one might have suppos...
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The Man And The Myth
Urbi et Orbi, the city and the world, Tehran and the globe. In his turban and clerical robe, softly speaking of peace, Iran’s president, Hassan Rouhani, resembles a spiritual guide mor...
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Why the Falklands Matter
We should stand up for the United Kingdom in its just claims against Argentina
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Powering Guantánamo
Last month, I undertook field research into U.S. detention policy at the detention camp operated by Joint Task Force-Guantánamo (JTF-GTMO). While out there, I had the opportunity to interv...
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Hiding Cuba’s Crimes Behind Gay Rights Lies
On December 7, 1990, Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas ended his life. Forced into exile because of his political dissidence, and dying slowly of AIDS, he could no longer withstand the phys...
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Transylvanian Drama Over Fascist’s Ashes
In the scenic and enchanting lands of Transylvania, the ashes of a dead fascist have sparked a diplomatic incident. On May 27, the remains of Hungarian writer and politician Jozsef Nyiro...
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Seymour Hersh’s ‘Justice’
Writing at BuzzFeed, my colleague James Kirchick informs readers...
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Seymour Hersh: Assassination Of JFK Was Form Of “Justice”
"There might have been some justice" in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, legendary investigative reporter Seymour Hersh said in a letter to a reader. Hersh made the shocki...
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Why Ozzie Matters
Ozzie Guillén, manager of the newly re-minted Miami Marlins, has earned himself a five-game suspension by declaring his affection for Cuban dictator Fidel Castro in...
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The Deceits of Seymour Hersh
Last June, the distinguished American journalist Seymour Hersh published an article in the New Yorker entitled “Iran and the Bomb: How Real Is the Nuclear Threat?” His answer...