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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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April 9, 2018
North Korea
U.S.-North Korea Relations: Any Progress on Nonproliferation Efforts?
Mike Mullen and Victor Cha discuss the status of U.S.-North Korea relations, nuclear security, and non-proliferation one and a half year's after the task force report was released.
July 18, 2012
Human Rights
Does the United States Favor Democracy in El Salvador?
Having undermined democracy in Honduras in 2009 and watched democracy disappear in Nicaragua as the Sandinistas regained power in 2011, it is perhaps not surprising that the Obama administration appe…
May 26, 2015
Cuba
Castro 200, Obama 0: While Talks Continue, Beatings Continue
When President Obama junked 60 years of U.S. foreign policy to seek a rapprochement with the Castro regime in Cuba, he was aware that he would be accused of ignoring human rights. After all, the Obam…
March 6, 2015
Cuba
The Cuba Score: Obama 53, Castro 492
As part of the Obama administration’s deal with the Castro regime in Cuba, Castro agreed to release 53 prisoners. This was not quite the concession that it appeared to be, for some of the prisoners h…
December 19, 2014
Cuba
After the Thaw: What’s Next in U.S.-Cuba Relations?
The opening of U.S. diplomatic ties with Cuba will bring real change to the island and raise Washington’s stature in the region, says CFR’s Julia Sweig.