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Tag: Cuba
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A Return to the Only Real ‘Rule-Based International Order’: National Interest
After more than 30 years of bowing to the liberal, post-Cold War “Rules-Based International Order,” Trump has upended U.S. foreign policy in favor of one grounded in its real national interests.
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The Year in Passings
Some of the notable passings in 2025 make it a year of leaving wisdom and mystery behind.
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Assata Shakur and Other Parents of Political Violence
The left-wing extremists of the 1960s and ‘70s didn't pay a very high reputational price—nor, in many cases, a legal price—for their violent politics. We need to do better now.
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Shutting the Door on a Biden-Era Immigration Cheat Code
Trump has ended the Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela (CHNV) parole program with the blessing of the Supreme Court and the free rides resulting from Biden’s deception end now.
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From the Finland Station
Sean McMeekin's 'To Overthrow the World' deftly traces the entire history of communism as both idea and governing policy—a feat not seen since Edmund Wilson's 'To the Finland Station.'
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We Were Right About Foreign Policy
U.S. leaders continue vindicating Chronicles' warnings with their disastrous foreign policy decisions. It remains to be seen whether President Trump will continue to break the trend by keeping the U.S. out of unnecessary wars.
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Clueless in Cuba
The Squad’s recent trip to Cuba shows what happens when the need for illusion is deep.