Online Resources »

National Opinion Ballot Report 2009

Opinion ballots have been included with the Foreign Policy Association's Great Decisions since 1955 to enable participants to make their views known. Each year FPA sends the National Opinion Ballot Report to the White House, the departments of State and Defense, members of Congress, the media and concerned citizens.

US diplomat met with Cuban dissidents in Havana

This article from The Miami Herald discusses an unannounced trip made by Bisa Williams, the U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs, to Cuba for meetings with both government officials and dissidents, and analyzes what the visit indicates about the future of relations between Washington and Havana.

Great Decisions 2009 Fall Updates: Cuba

Fall 2009 Updates provide up-to-date news about Great Decisions 2009 articles.

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Quizzes »

Great Decisions 2009 Fall Quiz Series - Cuba

Test your knowledge of recent news on Cuba by taking a quiz based on the Great Decisions 2009 Fall Updates!

Great Decisions 2009 Spring Quiz Series - Cuba

Online topic quizzes are an ideal test of readers' knowledge of the Great Decisions 2009 articles and Spring Updates.

Educators can also use each 10 question quiz to test their students' knowledge!

Great Decisions 2009 Winter Quiz Series - Cuba

Online topic quizzes are an ideal test of readers' knowledge of the Great Decisions 2009 articles.

In the Classroom »

ING Unsung Heroes

For more than 10 years ING Unsung Heroes has awarded $3.0 million in grants to educators with a class project that is short on funding but long on potential. Apply for the 2010 awards.

U.S.-Cuba Relations

A lesson plan about the history of U.S.-Cuba relations from Discovery Education's lesson plan library.

The U.S. Trade Embargo on Cuba

Lesson Plan for "The U.S. Trade Embargo on Cuba" from the PBS show, NOW with Bill Moyers.

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Recommended Readings »

Great Decisions 2009 French Language Edition [Download or Print]

In partnership with Alliance Francaise USA, FPA presents the French language edition of the Great Decisions 2009 briefing book which features impartial, thought-provoking analyses on four issues of concern to U.S. policymakers today and that represent our foreign policy challenges of tomorrow.

Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know

In Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know, Julia Sweig, one of America's leading experts on Cuba and Latin America, presents a concise and remarkably accessible portrait of the small island nation's unique place on the world stage over the past fifty years. Focusing equally on Cuba's role in world affairs and its own social and political transformations, Sweig divides the book chronologically into the pre-Fidel era, the period between the 1959 revolution and the fall of the Soviet Union, the post-Cold War era, and-finally-the looming post-Fidel era.

After Fidel: Raul Castro and the Future of Cuba's Revolution

After Fidel a compelling behind-the-scenes account of the extraordinary Castro brothers and the impending dynastic succession of Fidel's younger brother Raul. Brian Latell, the CIA analyst who has followed Castro since the sixties, gives an unprecedented view into Fidel and Raul's remarkable relationship, revealing how they have collaborated in policy making, divided responsibilities, and resolved disagreements for more than forty years--a challenge to the notion that Fidel always acts alone. Latell makes projections on what kind of leader Raul would be and how the shift in power might influence U.S.-Cuban relations.

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Program Materials

Great Decisions 2009

Order your copy of the Great Decisions 2009 briefing book today! Great Decisions 2009 features impartial, thought-provoking analyses on eight issues of concern to U.S. policymakers today and that represent our foreign policy challenges of tomorrow.

Featured topics: U.S. & rising global powers, Afghanistan/Pakistan, energy & the global economy, the Arctic, U.S. & Egypt, global food supply, Cuba after Castro, and universal human rights. ($18, plus S&H)