Seeking the end of a rainbow
London, England – Middle-ranking powers are emerging as important policy arbiters. They are seeking global outcomes that better respond to their own interests as China...
David Jessop
Friends of all, Satellite to none
London, England — Middle-ranking powers are emerging as important policy arbiters. They are seeking global outcomes that better respond to their own interests as China...
The US, Florida politics and Cuba
London, England — Just over a week ago and for the 30th year running the UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly in favour of a resolution...
A new regional agenda for tourism
London, England – No one should be in doubt. A toxic economic mix consisting of a war in Europe, surging inflation, slowing Chinese growth, a...
Britain’s new Prime Minister facing multiple challenges
London, England – ‘Indian son rises over empire. History comes full circle in Britain’, read the headline on India’s NDTV early morning news bulletin, indicating...
Saudi Arabia and the Caribbean
London, England – There is no sign that the war in Ukraine will end soon. Instead, following significant losses on the battlefield, Russia is mobilising...
Caribbean food security and the private sector
London, England — Delivering Caribbean Governments’ ambitious plans to reduce the Caribbean’s huge food import bill will require significant levels of private sector investment. Gervase...
Food security – The ultimate test of CARICOM’s relevance
In 2023, CARICOM will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary. Plans are underway for what may be a year-long celebration. Most governments, the secretariat, and regional institutions...
Delivering food security
London, England — In 2023, CARICOM will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary. Plans are underway for what may be a year-long celebration. Most governments, the secretariat,...
Cuba tourism will rebound
London England — Cuba’s Prime Minister, Manuel Marrero, has said that he expects tourism to complete its full recovery in 2023. Speaking during Cuba’s annual...
Royalty, republic, and reparations
London, England — Nothing better illustrates the divide that exists between today’s Caribbean and its past than two unfortunate images of Prince William and his...
Difficult choices for the Caribbean
London, England – Can the Caribbean avoid being caught up in the accelerating East-West struggle for global influence? Is the region likely to find itself...
Cryptocurrencies, central banks, and the Caribbean
London, England – In less than three months’ time, El Salvador intends becoming the first country in the world to make Bitcoin its official currency...
Oil, the environment and climate change
London, England — It is not often that well-resourced and politically powerful companies such as ExxonMobil and Shell suffer historic defeats. However, last month, in...
Cyber security: An unavoidable priority
London, England — If the pandemic has demonstrated anything it is that much improved internet connectivity, reliability and security have become unavoidable priorities for the...
Vaccine diplomacy and Caribbean economic recovery
London, England — Vaccine inequity has become a matter of deep global concern. The issue, the WHO’s Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, told a recent meeting...
It is time for a new US-CARICOM partnership
London, England — Perhaps the most important aspect of the short statement issued in Washington after a first two-hour meeting last week between the new...
Will the new WTO Director General be able to revive multilateralism?
London, England — A few days ago, the Nigerian-American economist, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was appointed to lead the 164 nation Geneva-based World Trade Organisation (WTO)....
Has the EU-CARIFORUM EPA worked?
London, England – More than a decade has passed since the EU-CARIFORUM Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) was negotiated and signed. The free-trade agreement with Europe...
It’s time to abandon sanctions on Cuba
London, England — In the dying days of the Trump Presidency, the US State Department designated Cuba a ‘State Sponsor of Terrorism’. Regrettably, the measure...