RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Vicki Huddleston, April 2008, CubaNews
As Cuba’s transition from Fidel Castro continues, Vicki Huddleston hypothesizes what the country may look like in 2010 following further changes at the leadership level. She states that one thing likely to remain constant “is the enmity between Washington and Havana.” Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Vicki Huddleston, May 09, 2008, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin America Advisor
In this article from Inter-American Dialogues's America Advisor, Vicki Huddleston discusses the recent economic reforms in Cuba following the transition in leadership from Fidel Castro to his brother Raul. She states that the reforms, if continued, will lead to more personal freedoms and better lives for Cuban citizens. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Vicki Huddleston, March 10, 2008, Miami Herald
Raul Castro’s ascent to power is a reminder that the Cuban revolution likely has survived despite U.S. efforts to bring about the contrary. Vicki Huddleston asserts that continued U.S. economic and diplomatic isolation of Cuba cannot bring about the end of the revolution, but that “if we remove the barriers to communication, we will speed the forces of change.” Read More
PAST EVENT
Thursday, February 07, 2008
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Washington, DC
Foreign Policy at Brookings held day long simulations regarding the future of U.S. policy toward Cuba after Fidel Castro. Participants discussed what would happen following the death of Castro and what a new administration sworn in after the 2008 U.S. elections would do differently with a Cuba led by Raul Castro. Read More
PAST EVENT
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Washington, DC
On November 25, the Brookings Institution and the Inter-American Dialogue will host Dan Erikson, Inter-American Dialogue's senior associate for U.S. policy, for a discussion of his new book, The Cuba Wars: Fidel Castro, the United States, and the Next Revolution. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
November 24, 2008, The Brookings Institution
With the opportunity of a new U.S. administration and Congress, Brookings’s Partnership for the Americas Commission released its final report noting the need for a new hemispheric partnership to address key transnational challenges and providing specific policy recommendations on five key areas: energy and climate change, migration, trade, organized crime and drug trafficking and U.S.-Cuban relations. Read More
PAST EVENT
Monday, November 24, 2008
10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC
On November 24, the Brookings Institution hosted the Partnership for the Americas Commission for the release of their report, “Re-thinking U.S.-Latin American Relations: A Hemispheric Partnership for a Turbulent World," which offers a set of policy recommendations to the next U.S. administration to meet the challenges facing the U.S. and Latin America, from economic and poverty policies to security, foreign policy and energy. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Paul Hare, September 2008, The Brookings Institution
Paul Hare discusses what the European Union policy toward Cuba has achieved, lessons from this relationship, and what role foreign policy plays in a peaceful transition in Cuba. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Benjamin G. Bishin, Feryal M. Cherif, Andy S. Gomez and Daniel P. Stevens, August 2008, Cuban Affairs Journal
Andy Gomez, Benjamin Bishin, Feryal Cherif and Daniel Stevens explore myths and facts about the Cuban-American electorate. The evidence presented by the writers indicates that Cuban-Americans do not hold homogenous beliefs and that the community as a whole is more liberal than conventional wisdom has led observers to think. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Andy S. Gomez, August 2008, University of Miami
Andy Gomez demonstrates how the role of education in the future of Cuba will be one of the leading factors in transforming the psychological values and attitudes of the population in order to develop a civil society and eventually sustain a democratic state. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Vicki Huddleston, June 16-20 Issue, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin America Energy Advisor
Vicki Huddleston discusses Cuba's plans to start drilling off the country's coast in order to access billions of barrels of crude oil. Huddleston says that United States companies should get involved and believes continuing to isolate the U.S. from Cuba in a competitive oil market will only hurt in the long run. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Daniel L. Byman, May 2008, Saban Center Analysis Paper
The current United States approach to state sponsorship of terrorism is flawed, writes Daniel Byman. He suggests that instead of simply managing a list of state sponsors, Washington needs to recognize the complexity of sponsorship, monitor states using a broad definition of what constitutes state sponsorship, and use diplomatic pressure as well as political and economic penalties when needed. Read More
PAST EVENT
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
8:30 AM to 5:00 PM
Miami, FL
In conjunction with the University of Miami, the Brookings Institution’s project on “U.S. Policy toward a Cuba in Transition” held its third simulation exercise on April 16, 2008, focusing on the dynamics, motivations, and decision-making processes of Cuban civil society groups. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Raj M. Desai, March 28, 2008, The Washington Times
Raj Desai discusses lessons that Cuba's new President, Raul Castro, can take from other socialist countries like China and those in Eastern Europe as he moves toward economic reform. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Raj M. Desai, March 2008, The Brookings Institution
No single U.S. move would have a greater impact on the direction of Cuban reform than the lifting of travel, trade and financial restrictions, argues Raj Desai. Although Washington's options are severely limited by the current political-economic mood in Latin America, the United States can clear a path for a reformist Cuba to seek its own solutions and to understand the tradeoffs involved in different reform strategies. Read More