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The View from EuropeWho will reform CARICOM?
David JessopJuly 14, 2017There is a pervasive view within and beyond the Caribbean that the regional integration process is foundering, and that its progress is being held back by an absence of political ...
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The View from EuropeChina and the Americas
David JessopJune 18, 2017A few days ago, China struck a remarkable deal: it agreed with the state of California to work on projects that will help lower US greenhouse gas emissions.
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The View from EuropeBritain, Brexit and an uncertain future
David JessopJune 18, 2017A little over a week ago, the British people went to the polls. Although the snap general election was supposed to strengthen the government's negotiating hand in leaving the European ...
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The View from EuropeIs the US any longer a reliable partner?
David JessopJune 4, 2017For the Caribbean, climate change and its mitigation is like no other issue: it is existential.
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The View from EuropeVenezuela's crisis raises wider regional issues
David JessopMay 7, 2017Last week, after months of growing street protests, detentions, escalating violence, at least 36 deaths, and shortages of almost all basic necessities, Venezuela's President, Nicolas Maduro, announced the creation of ...
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The View from EuropeAddressing the loss of health care professionals
David JessopApril 30, 2017Around the world, public health care systems are in crisis. From India to Australia, nations in the developing and developed world are struggling to meet the expectations of their local ...
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The View from EuropeThe new dimensions of regional security
David JessopApril 23, 2017It is no secret that governments around the world regularly practice their response to security threats. The objective is to prepare for eventualities that those concerned hope will never occur, ...
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The View from EuropeCuba's cautious transition to a new generation
David JessopApril 14, 2017In just under a year's time, if President Castro keeps to his previously announced timetable, he will step down and cease to lead Cuba's Council of State and Council of ...
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The View from EuropeResponding to the coming trade disorder
David JessopMarch 14, 2017A few days ago, an astute observer of the US political scene told me: "Watch what the new administration and Congress does, not what the President tweets". "That is the ...
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The View from EuropeHas Caribbean sugar a future?
David JessopMarch 7, 2017Unless the sugar industry in CARICOM can develop in the coming months a co-ordinated and concerted plan of action, it is quite possible that in a few years' time there ...
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The View from EuropeThe message in President Trump's Mexico policy
David JessopJan. 29, 2017One of the few issues about which the new President of the United States has been consistent, is his approach towards Mexico.
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The View from EuropeThe message in President Trump's Mexico policy
David JessopJan. 20, 2017One of the few issues about which the new President of the United States has been consistent, is his approach towards Mexico.
