US-Caribbean Relations in Biden Administration Year 1

Summary

In this webinar, panelists examined US policy towards the Caribbean during the first year of the Biden Administration, with a focus on notable issues in need of attention and the opportunity to discuss these issues when the US hosts the Summit of the Americas in June 2022

Presenter

Sir Ronald Sanders

Ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda to the United States and the Organization of American States

Download the Working Paper presented by Sir Ronald Sanders here.

Discussants

Dr. Samantha S.S. Chaitram 

Research Manager, Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) and Fellow, Caribbean Policy Consortium

Ms. Jacqueline Charles

Caribbean Correspondent, The Miami Herald

Ambassador Thomas A. Shannon, Jr.

Senior International Policy Advisor, Arnold & Porter

Moderator

Dr. Georges A. Fauriol

Senior Associate, Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) and Fellow, Caribbean Policy Consortium


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Ms. Elizabeth Riley
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Dr. W. Andy Knight
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Date: Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Time: 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM EST
Platform: StreamYard (Live-streamed on GBJ platforms)

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Professor Paloma Mohammed Martin, Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana (UG).

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