"Mutually beneficial engagement requires the United States to welcome Brazil’s emergence as a global power," writes Ambassador Luigi R. Einaudi for the Institute for National Strategic Studies.

As long as Cuba remains under U.S. embargo, it is unlikely that the country will rise up against its repressive regime as we have seen other countries do recently, writes AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini. (en español)

As long as Cuba remains under U.S. embargo, it is unlikely that the country will rise up against its repressive regime as we have seen other countries do recently, writes AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini.

"As long as the United States needs oil and Canada needs a market, I think we have a match," writes COA's Nicole Spencer regarding the Canadian oil sands in Poder360.

"This opportunity for bipartisan collaboration is particularly true of the Colombia deal," writes AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini on The Huffington Post, "but only if the president is able to overcome the opposition of one of the most vocal and intense coalitions of anti-free trade groups ever."

"With an economy the size of the rest of the region put together and rapid growth, Brazil is leading Latin America’s conscious and confident outreach to partners beyond the United States," writes COA Vice President Eric Farnsworth in The Miami Herald.

"[T]he facts in this case are pretty straightforward: In markets opened up by previous free trade agreements, the overwhelming majority of states have seen exports grow—in some cases exponentially," writes AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini in The Houston Chronicle.