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I edited and wrote part of a short book published by New America in July 2015 and freely available online, about how drones are being used in new ways around the world. It's meant to be useful to people who want to fly drones.The Pioneer Detectives
I published a short book with The Millions.
It's the story of the Pioneer Anomaly, a long-standing mystery. The book is short and fun—the length of a novella—but also, in the words of Amazon's reviewer, "powerful and sad". If you've got any curiosity about how NASA works behind the scenes or why scientists believe what they do, I think you'll enjoy the book.
It is available on Amazon as a Kindle Single and also on Apple's iBooks.Drone Wars
I wrote a chapter on the long history of drone technology going back to the early 20th century in this edited Cambridge University Press volume.
The Last Days of Bank Secrecy?
1 September 2009
An article I wrote for Poder, a magazine about business in Latin America, that describes the crumbling of bank secrecy and what it means for the region.
The Caribbean
tags: Banking, Poder, Switzerland, Wealth
Shelter from the Storm
15 May 2009
An article for Poder, a Latin American business magazine, about the impact of the economic crisis on the Caribbean.
Haiti
12 February 2009
The island and the outside world
Being in Haiti without being in Haiti
The Caribbean
tags: Gonaives, Haiti, Labadee, United Nations
Rebuilding Haiti
12 February 2009
Weighed down by disasters
A modest success for the United Nations is threatened by nature and lassitude
The Caribbean
tags: Gonaives, Haiti, hurricanes, United Nations
The Caribbean and the Olympics
28 August 2008
Champs and chumps
Why Jamaica outpointed Cuba
The Caribbean
tags: The Economist
Cuba and the European Union
26 June 2008
Anyone for cocktails?
Outsiders bet that bigger changes are on their way (with Michael Reid in London)
The Caribbean
tags: The Economist
The Dominican Republic: elections
8 May 2008
Two cheers for Fernández
The president heads for a third term
The Caribbean
tags: The Economist
The Caribbean Economy
3 April 2008
A storm brews
Worrying about an American recession, inflation and Venezuelan aid
The Caribbean
tags: The Economist
Report from Haiti
2 August 2007
A small success for the UN
Security is improving in what was a Caribbean failed state. Poverty and policing are harder to tackle
The Caribbean
tags: The Economist
Nation Building in Haiti
8 February 2007
Building a reluctant nation
René Préval and the UN have made modest progress but have yet to turn Haiti into a viable country
The Caribbean
tags: The Economist
Cuba’s doctors
25 January 2007
Dr Diplomat
Exporting medicine and influence
The Caribbean
tags: The Economist
Cuba and Fidel Castro
4 January 2007
Spellbound
Uncertainties over Fidel Castro’s health continue to cloud the island’s future
The Caribbean
tags: The Economist
Correspondent’s Diary: Havana
15 December 2006
Now we make politics
Our correspondent enjoys the twilight of Castro’s Cuba Web only
The Caribbean
tags: The Economist
Lionel Fernandez triumphs in the mid-terms
18 May 2006
Reform rewarded
More power for an effective president
The Caribbean
tags: The Economist