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December 3, 2012

Cuba
Alan Gross Begins His Fourth Year in a Cuban Prison

Alan Gross begins his fourth year in a Cuban prison tomorrow, having been jailed on December 3, 2009.  The State Department issued a good statement:   Tomorrow Alan Gross will begin his fourth ye…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

December 6, 2005

United States
Alan Greenspan, financial globalization, home bias and central bank reserves

The very last paragraph of Alan Greenspan's last speech on global imbalances seems to have generated the majority of the press that came out of his London speech on global imbalances.   I kind of lik…

home bias and central banks
Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

August 24, 2005

Financial Markets
Is Alan Greenspan encouraging moral hazard in … China?

Listen to one Chinese fund manager in this morning's Wall Street Journal:  "Mr. Zhu (who helps manage US dollar investments for the Bank of China) expresses confidence in the US dollar and the health…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

March 22, 2024

United States
Election 2024: Are Americans Turning Isolationist?

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: Much like talk of Mark Twain’s death, claims that Americans are turning their back on the world are…

The sun as viewed disappearing beneath the horizon.
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

March 18, 2021

Democracy
The EU and Venezuela: More Bad Advice

The "European Democracy Hub" urges "sidelining" democracy in Venezuela

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

March 3, 2015

United States
The Ten Best Memoirs of the Vietnam War

Yesterday, I posted my picks for the best histories of the Vietnam War. While those books all provide excellent analyses of the war, another way to understand U.S. involvement in Vietnam is through t…

Vietnam-War-Memoirs
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge