Reflections for the Army from a year at the State Department
After a year as part of the State Department’s Policy Planning staff, Evan Ellis details his time at state, and recounts the uncomfortable sense that the department was not achieving significant advancements in U.S. policy goals.
Is it time for a Caribbean Basin Initiative 2.0?
Recent U.S. involvement in the Caribbean Basin has been defined by Whac-A-Mole-like reactionary policy. It’s time for a new coherent strategy for security and development in the Caribbean.
Highlights from the confirmation hearing of Kimberly Breier for Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs
We watched the confirmation hearings for the top diplomatic post in the Americas so you don’t have to. Among the highlights are exchanges on TPS, strengthening the OAS, and the crisis in Nicaragua.