Sign in Welcome! Log into your account your username your password Forgot your password? Get help Create an account Create an account Welcome! Register for an account your email your username A password will be e-mailed to you. Password recovery Recover your password your email A password will be e-mailed to you. Cuba: a Legacy for Obama, or a Curveball for Republicans? 123 December 22, 2014 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Published in The Globe and Mail (Canada) on 22 December 2014 by Konrad Yakabuski (link to originallink to original) Translated from English by . Edited by . Back To Origin This post appeared on the front page as a direct link to the original article with the above link . Tags:Barack ObamaCanadaCubaRaul CastroRepublican Party Hot this week Block titleFeaturedAll time popularMore Egypt: Churchill and Chamberlain December 8, 2025. Published in Ahram OnlineHistorians will be scratching their heads when they get around to studying U.S. President Donald Trump. 0 Pakistan: Hardening the Frontier December 8, 2025. Published in Pakistan Today 0 Japan: National Guard Shooting in US Capital: Misguided Incitement of Anti-Foreign Doctrine December 12, 2025. Published in Tokyo Shimbun[H]ad Trump not mobilized the guard for political purposes, the shooting might not have happened. 0 Pakistan: Setting the World on Fire December 8, 2025. Published in Pakistan Today[T]he tragedy is not merely that Trump is failing to solve global crises; it is that his leadership style is accelerating them. 0 Germany: Warlords Play with Donald Trump December 6, 2025. Published in Die Tageszeitung 0 Topics Japan: National Guard Shooting in US Capital: Misguided Incitement of Anti-Foreign Doctrine December 12, 2025. Published in Tokyo Shimbun[H]ad Trump not mobilized the guard for political purposes, the shooting might not have happened. 0 Spain: Cartoons in the Pentagon* December 11, 2025. Published in El Pais[T]e MAGA underworld and the Trump administration continue to feed off each other. 0 Egypt: America’s New Security Playbook: How Trump’s 2025 Strategy Redraws US Power and Purpose December 10, 2025. Published in Ahram OnlineOne of the most striking aspects of the strategy is the degree to which it personalizes foreign policy around Donald Trump himself. 0 Saudi Arabia: ‘Either Donald Trump or Benjamin Netanyahu’ December 10, 2025. Published in Asharq Al-AwsatIt is either the American “applying pressure” or the Israeli “being pressured,” per the ubiquitous epithets of the moment. 0 Taiwan: The Slow Spread of Anti-American Sentiment Affecting Taiwan December 9, 2025. Published in Taiwan TimesInternational skepticism of the U.S. has gradually evolved into anti-American sentiment — a trend that has already spread to Taiwan. 0 Austria: There Is Still Some Check on the US Administration December 9, 2025. Published in Der Standard[N]ot everything is permitted under Trumpism. 0 India: Washington Attack: Why Pakistan Will Want Trump To Get Entangled in Afghanistan December 8, 2025. Published in FirstpostTo stop the cycle of events along the Afghanistan border, Pakistan needs a heavy hand with powerful leverage. The United States fits the bill. 0 Kenya: Peace in the Great Lakes Region Now Made Possible December 8, 2025. Published in The Standard 0 Related Articles Austria: There Is Still Some Check on the US Administration December 9, 2025. Published in Der Standard[N]ot everything is permitted under Trumpism. India: Head-on | White Christian Nationalism Can Return America to Its Third World Roots December 4, 2025. Published in FirstpostFor a nation founded on massacres of Native Americans and centuries-long African slave ownership, the lurch towards racism under Trump is not surprising. Canada: Carney Says ‘Who Cares?’ about Talking to Trump as Tariffs Hit Canadian Workers November 24, 2025. Published in Toronto Sun Canada: Ukraine ‘Peace’ Plan Will Only Delay the Inevitable Reckoning November 24, 2025. Published in National Post Austria: The Agreement on the US Budget Is a Defeat for the Democrats November 24, 2025. Published in Der Standard Previous articleIgnoring ‘Cold War II’ Won’t Make It Go AwayNext articleWhat the Republicans Can Teach Canadian Conservatives LEAVE A REPLY Cancel replyLog in to leave a comment