EYE ON THE REGION – Security at a Crossroads: Trinidad & Tobago, U.S. Military Presence, and Regional Stakes

Across the Caribbean, there is a deepening sense that the hemisphere has entered a more uncertain and finely balanced moment. Regional watchers understand that whenever great powers shift their posture,…

Every controversy in Antigua and Barbuda, it seems, must first pass through a political sieve. Scandal is rarely examined for what it reveals about systemic weakness; instead, it is mined…

The global landscape within which small island economies function is being reshaped. The political dynamics now emerging echo those of the Cold War: powerful nations positioning, courting, and pressuring smaller states. But…

Every now and then, our public life gives us a moment worth pausing to examine, not because it is dramatic, but because it is revealing. Recent commentary in the national…

When Help Becomes a Profession — and a Mirror” Sometimes, the smallest gestures: gentle reminders, waiting companions, a tissue quietly offered, reveal the biggest shifts in how a society cares…

“I would rather be an ordinary citizen in a successful nation than the leader of a failed state.”— Prime Minister Gaston Browne It is a statement that resonates deeply, my…

There’s something profoundly moving about standing beneath our national flag as it ripples against the trade winds — a vivid emblem of who we are and all we aspire to…

October 31, 2025 - All personnel of the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force (TTDF) have been summoned to their headquarters, although no official reason has been provided for the call. Widespread curiosity…

October 28, 2025 - The Caribbean’s cherished identity as a “Zone of Peace” is being tested in real time. Venezuela’s National Assembly has tabled a motion to declare Trinidad and…

In the early hours of October 18, 2025, CARICOM issued a statement on the “security build-up in the Region.” The document struck a familiar chord of regional caution: reaffirming the…