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The 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.
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The real challenge of citizenship programmes
David JessopJan. 16, 2017A few days into the New Year, St Lucia's Prime Minister, Allen Chastanet, suggested that all five of the Eastern Caribbean nations that sell Citizenship by Investment (CBI) should develop ...
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Action needed to guide US regional priorities
David JessopDec. 18, 2016On December 13, the US Congress sent to President Obama The United States-Caribbean Strategic Engagement Act of 2016 for signature into law.
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China: a tourism opportunity for the Caribbean?
David JessopDec. 9, 2016At the end of last month, China published a detailed 16-page document, 'China's Policy Paper on Latin America and the Caribbean', which sets out a new approach to relations between ...
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New uncertainties ahead for Cuba
David JessopDec. 4, 2016On November 28, the US President-elect, Donald Trump said that 'if Cuba is unwilling to make a better deal for the Cuban people, the Cuban/American people and the US as ...
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The trajectory of history is changing
David JessopNov. 26, 2016Being able to identify the policy changes that will transform the future is normally far from easy. Arguably, however, in the week past, the remarks of two world leaders make ...
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The region is ill-prepared for President Trump
David JessopNov. 11, 2016Dispossessed by economic globalisation, faced with growing economic inequality, and wanting change, the people of the United States have elected Donald Trump to be their President. In doing so, they ...
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Time to reshape and clarify ACP solidarity
David JessopOct. 24, 2016What does solidarity between nations mean in the early twenty first century? Are the values inferred practical or advisable, in a multipolar world in which self-interest, overlapping relationships and multiple ...
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Climate change: a test of the region's staying power
David JessopOct. 7, 2016After a period of uncertainty, it has been confirmed that the Paris Agreement on Climate Change will enter into force on November 4. This is good news for the Caribbean, ...
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The EPA, Brexit and defending the status quo
David JessopOct. 1, 2016How should the Anglophone Caribbean respond to Brexit? Should it, based on the expert advice it has received from the CARICOM Secretariat and its own trade negotiators, now be actively ...
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Forward thinking required on foreign policy
David JessopSept. 23, 2016A few days ago the US President, Barack Obama, gave what in effect was a farewell address to the United Nations General Assembly. It was personal, heartfelt, and frank. It ...
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The Changing face of the Caribbean – part 2
David JessopSept. 20, 2016How should we regard the Caribbean's future? Should it be with pessimism as some commentators suggest, or with optimism? The answer seems to lie in how one measures the likely ...
