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DAVID JESSOP

May 4, 2022

COMMENTARY — Caribbean expected to feel effects of Ukraine war

Earlier this month at a conference on Caribbean security, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Motley spoke about the consequences of the war in Ukraine and the now unavoidable impact it will …

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by David Jessop
April 20, 2022

COMMENTARY — ‘Citizenship by investment’ under fire

For most, a passport denotes citizenship, belonging, certain rights, and residence. For others, especially the world’s wealthy, obtaining a “stronger” additional passport than the one provided by their country of …

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by David Jessop
April 13, 2022

COMMENTARY — ‘Royalty, republics, and reparations’

Nothing better illustrates the divide that exists between today’s Caribbean and its past than two unfortunate images of Prince William and his wife Catherine during their recent visit to Jamaica: …

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by David Jessop
March 23, 2022

COMMENTARY — Region warned about ‘economic storm’

Caribbean Community heads meeting in Belize recently could not have been clearer about the “perfect storm” that is about to strike the Caribbean. Speaking at a post-summit press conference, Belize …

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by David Jessop
January 12, 2022

COMMENTARY — Need seen for ‘skills revolution’ in region

It is no exaggeration to say that education has made the Caribbean what it is today. From rebellion through emancipation to the creation of unions and political parties, in revolution …

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by David Jessop
January 5, 2022

COMMENTARY — ‘Better future’ envisioned for region

Imagining a better future for the Caribbean is not hard, but delivering it is becoming infinitely more complex. In the modern world, in a non-biblical sense, a Caribbean promised land …

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by David Jessop
December 15, 2021

COMMENTARY — Ideas offered for Caribbean security

In mid-November, a little noticed virtual meeting took place. It considered in the round the security threats that the Caribbean will face in the future. It pointed not just to …

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by David Jessop
December 8, 2021

COMMENTARY — ‘Drowning in promises’ after COP26

In a powerful speech at last month’s COP26 climate summit, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley seized the day. In just eight minutes, she captured the attention of her fellow leaders, …

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by David Jessop
September 22, 2021

COMMENTARY — ‘The big fish, small fish problem’

Some years ago, then-Barbados Prime Minister Owen Arthur told me that unless regional leaders could agree on how to achieve economic parity between Caricom’s member states, a viable Caribbean Single …

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by David Jessop
June 2, 2021

COMMENTARY — ‘Is the beach enough?’

Sometime in the next 12 months, when the pandemic is fully brought under control in North America and Europe, visitors will return to the Caribbean in significant numbers. Once that …

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by David Jessop
April 21, 2021

COMMENTARY — Regional tourism recovery predicted

Recently published visitor arrival figures indicate that Caribbean tourism has started down the long road to recovery. Following a disastrous 2020 during which governments closed borders to try to halt …

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by David Jessop
April 14, 2021

COMMENTARY — UK-OT ties considered

Last month Britain published two significant post-Brexit policy documents setting out its future thinking on foreign policy, defence, security and development. Both referenced in general terms the importance to the …

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by David Jessop
April 7, 2021

COMMENTARY — UK’s post-Brexit plans analysed

What global role should a post-imperial, post-Brexit Britain play? Can it reinvent itself in a manner that convinces a population increasingly divided by education, age, race, location and inequality, let …

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by David Jessop
March 31, 2021

COMMENTARY — Ideas offered for UK-Caribbean relations

There is an old saying that you wait ages for a London bus and then two (or even three) come along at once. It is not an expression, as far …

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by David Jessop
February 3, 2021

COMMENTARY — US urged to drop Cuba sanctions

In the dying days of the Donald Trump presidency in the United States, the State Department designated Cuba a “state sponsor of terrorism.” Regrettably, the measure will slow efforts by …

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by David Jessop
January 27, 2021

COMMENTARY — Responding to Washington’s new hemispheric thinking

Joe Biden is now that 46th president of the United States, and many governments and individuals around the world are breathing a collective sigh of relief. This is not because …

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by David Jessop
January 20, 2021

COMMENTARY — Full Caribbean tourism recovery seen as a possibility after 2021

Last year was a disaster for Caribbean tourism. Estimates suggest that visitor arrivals to the region fell by 75 percent in the last three quarters of 2020, causing overall Caribbean …

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by David Jessop
January 6, 2021

COMMENTARY — Post-election, Venezuela’s future considered

It is hard to know what the future holds for Venezuela, its opposition leader Juan Guaidó, or the present United States-led policy that emphasises sanctions and isolation. Last week, as …

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by David Jessop
December 16, 2020

COMMENTARY — Post-election, Venezuela’s future considered

It is hard to know what the future holds for Venezuela, its opposition leader Juan Guaidó, or the present United States-led policy that emphasises sanctions and isolation. Last week, as …

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by David Jessop
December 9, 2020

COMMENTARY — Writer says democracy alone is ‘not enough’ in Caribbean

This was the year when much of the Caribbean went to the polls. General elections were held in Anguilla, Belize, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts and Nevis, …

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by David Jessop
December 2, 2020

COMMENTARY — Logistical challenges predicted to follow Covid-19 vaccine

In the past few days, Pfizer BioNTech, a German-United States company, and the US company Moderna have separately announced that the Covid-19 vaccines they have been developing have proved 95 …

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by David Jessop
November 25, 2020

COMMENTARY — Caribbean expected to feel the effects of US election

It is easy to share the excitement felt across the Caribbean at United States President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the polls. However, a calmer voice within suggests that while the …

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by David Jessop
November 10, 2020

COMMENTARY — US’s Caribbean policy analysed

A few days ago, the United States ambassador in Kingston, Donald Tapia, gave an exclusive interview to the Jamaica Observer. In it, he said that Jamaica has to make a …

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by David Jessop
June 10, 2020

COMMENTARY — Call made for regional tourism protocol

Since late April there have been virtually no tourist arrivals in the Caribbean. In recent days, however, several countries have announced plans to reopen to international travel, albeit in a …

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by David Jessop
May 6, 2020

COMMENTARY — Ideas offered for regional tourism recovery

The challenge that is now facing almost every Caribbean nation is how best to recover the tourism economy, without which future economic growth and sustainable tax revenues will be all …

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by David Jessop

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