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Bruce G. Blair is the president of the World Security Institute, a nonprofit organization that he founded in 2000 to promote independent research and journalism on global affairs.
4 April 2008
Features
WSI CUBA PROJECT
Increases in Cuban Military Spending Reflect Economic Recovery
7 March 2008
Although Cuba has quadrupled its military spending within the past decade, the percentage of GDP spent on defense has remained relatively stable. As Research Associate Danielle Barav explains, this increase in spending reflects a growing economy's renewed ability to repair a sector that had lost most of its funding and resources during the "special period."
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Fidel Castro: Giving up the reins? A closer look may show otherwise. - Posted on 3 January 2008
How Cuba is Tapping Into the Growing Halal Market, and Improving Public Health in the Process - Posted on 11 December 2007
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News
Pulitzer Center Featured as Finalist for Game Changers Award by We Media
Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Director Jon Sawyer introduces the Game Changers Award finalist Pulitzer Center and its initiatives on the We Media website in an essay, along with two video clips.
12 December 2008
Events
"Project: Report" Event at American University on Jan. 11, 2009
Come join the Pulitzer Center in an evening of films from "Project: Report" on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at American University's Harold and Sylvia Greenberg Theatre, 4200 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.
22 December 2008
Publications
Advance Preview of America's Defense Meltdown
In response to media coverage about "America's Defense Meltdown," the Center for Defense Information presents this limited opportunity for a full preview of the new anthology by 13 non-partisan Pentagon insiders, retired military officers & defense specialists.