The $9.9 billion pledged toward Haitian reconstruction at last week's donors' conference will be ineffective without insisting that funding for housing and jobs be wedded to overall goals for Haitian political and economic stability, says CFR expert Kara McDonald.

The U.S. State Department continues to list Cuba as a state sponsor of terror, though most experts say the country no longer poses a threat to U.S. national security.

Watch experts discuss the political and economic challenges facing Haiti and the role foreign aid can play in the country's recovery and development.

Listen to experts discuss the political and economic challenges facing Haiti and the role foreign aid can play in the country's recovery and development.

Three panelists with expertise in the Latin America region and on development aid discuss options for helping Haiti after the earthquake, highlighting new approaches to institution building, migration, and decriminalization.  The discussion also explores what support outsiders can provide to the government of Haiti as well as the limits to what they can do.

Listen to CFR's Julia E. Sweig discuss her recent book, Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know,  as well as the Obama administration's Latin America policy with students as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call series.

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Joshua Kurlantick draws lessons for Haiti from the tsunami in Indonesia.

Kara C. McDonald discusses how high-level visits to Haiti can hamper the relief effort.

Elliott Abrams says, "a larger Haitian diaspora would be a far better base for the country's economic future than aid pledges that may or may not be met."

Listen to experts discuss current and future U.S.-Cuba relations.

Cuba experts Carlos A. Saladrigas and Julia E. Sweig discuss U.S.-Cuba relations and the potential for change in the near future.

Watch experts discuss current and future U.S.-Cuba relations.

Listen to CFR's Kara McDonald discuss the international response to the devastating January 12 earthquake in Haiti.

Haiti's earthquake created a need for a tremendous short-term relief effort but also long-term reconstruction that could take decades and cost billions, says former Peace Corps director Mark L. Schneider.

CFR's Max Boot foresees a great deal of future American involvement in Haiti, but only with a strategic justification.

President Obama declared that the United States will not forsake Haiti in its moment of agony. Honoring this commitment would be a first for Washington.

When the immediate crisis passes, how can we ensure that Haiti becomes a functioning nation? Eight experts give their prescriptions in this NYT op-ed.