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2011

As Cuba plans to drill in the Gulf of Mexico, U.S. policy poses needless risks to our national interest

With Cuba and its foreign partners preparing to drill for oil in the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. embargo prohibits American companies from joining Cuba in efforts to extract its offshore resources, denies Cuba access to U.S. equipment for drilling and environmental protection, and ties the U.S. government’s hands, leaving it unable to plan adequately for a potential spill and putting our coastal assets at great peril. These are among the findings contained in this new report, “As Cuba plans to drill in the Gulf of Mexico, U.S. policy poses needless risks to our national interest.”  To read the report, click here.  For more information about the report, please click here.

2009

9 Ways for US to Talk to Cuba & for Cuba to Talk to US9 Ways for US to Talk to Cuba and for Cuba to Talk to US

How can we break the fifty year old diplomatic deadlock between the United States and Cuba? The CDA identifies nine critical areas where Washington and Havana can work together, and build relationships of confidence and trust, by solving problems in both countries’ national interests. We recruited a team of scholars and experts to offer their ideas for cooperation in military affairs, migration, energy, trade, academic exchange and other fields which could then produce the progress that has eluded our diplomats for five decades. To read the report, click here. For more information about the report, please click here. You can listen to a conference call with some of the book’s authors.

2007

In Our National Interest: The Top Ten Reasons for Changing U.S. policy toward CubaIn Our National Interest: The Top Ten Reasons for Changing U.S. policy toward Cuba

For forty-five years, the United States has been trying to overthrow Fidel Castro.  In 2007, isn’t it time to try something new? The CDA, along with U.S.A. Engage, has produced this book, where we argue that the policy has produced nothing in decades; enforcing the policy drains resources from the war on terror; the policy hurts American companies and American workers; the policy is an assault on family values; the policy infringes on the rights and liberties of all U.S. citizens; the policy hurts America’s image abroad; the Castro government uses our policy to advance its own ends; the policy puts political interests above the national interest; important people oppose the policy and want to see it changed; the policy stops Americans from doing what they do best.