by Maggie Feldman-Piltch | May 21, 2015 | Monitor
Cuban and American officials are scheduled to meet in Washington today for the fifth, and hopefully final, round of talks ahead of restoring full diplomatic relations between the two countries. This marks the closest to completing the process since U.S-Cuba relations...
by Philip Rossetti | Apr 20, 2015 | Monitor
The islands of the Caribbean are threatened by their dependence on imported energy. Venezuela, which has dominated the control of energy in the region, is suffering as a result of low oil prices. This has created a vacuum in the region for who will provide energy, and...
by Philip Rossetti | Jan 22, 2015 | Monitor
International News Coverage Middle East, Terrorism and Counterterrorism Planned Flogging of Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi Postponed Again Ian Black / The Guardian The planned flogging is being suspended after a medical committee assessed that he should not...
by Josh Earnest | Jan 16, 2015 | Monitor
This week, House Republicans put at risk critical funding that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) needs to keep our nation safe by insisting on a series of amendments to overturn the President’s immigration accountability executive actions. The GOP plan...
by Patricia Lee Sharpe | Jan 5, 2015 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee SharpeI wish I were still in the foreign service. This serendipitous conjunction of US and Russian foreign policy makes for a beautiful public diplomacy message: as Vladimir Putin’s Russia fights viciously to hold on to Ukraine, its uppity Cold War...