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Save to My PortfolioCuba 2010: Worst-case Scenario Could Become Reality

Vicki Huddleston, April 2008, CubaNews

Cuba 2010: Worst-case Scenario Could Become RealityAs 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

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Save to My PortfolioWhat Impact Are Recent Reforms Having on Cuba's Economy?

Vicki Huddleston, May 09, 2008, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin America Advisor

What Impact Are Recent Reforms Having on Cuba's Economy?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

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Save to My PortfolioCuba Embargo's Usefulness Has Run Its Course

Vicki Huddleston, March 10, 2008, Miami Herald

Cuba Embargo's Usefulness Has Run Its CourseRaul 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

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Save to My PortfolioSimulations: U.S. Policy Toward a Cuba in Transition

Thursday, February 07, 2008
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Washington, DC

ReutersForeign 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

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Save to My PortfolioWho Will Help Cuba Exploit its Offshore Oil Wealth?

Vicki Huddleston, June 16-20 Issue, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin America Energy Advisor

Who Will Help Cuba Exploit its Offshore Oil Wealth?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

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Save to My PortfolioThe Changing Nature of State Sponsorship of Terrorism

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

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Save to My PortfolioPost-Fidel Cuba: Lessons for Raul

Raj M. Desai, March 28, 2008, The Washington Times

Post-Fidel Cuba: Lessons for RaulRaj 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

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Save to My PortfolioCan Raúl Castro Revive Cuba's Private Sector?

Raj M. Desai, March 2008, The Brookings Institution

Can Raúl Castro Revive Cuba's Private Sector?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

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Save to My PortfolioSimulations: Understanding Cuba's Leadership

Tuesday, March 04, 2008
8:30 AM to 5:30 PM
Washington, DC

On March 4, 2008, Brookings hosted its second U.S.-Cuba simulation exercise, focusing on the internal dynamics, motivations, and decision-making processes of Cuba’s leadership. With the date of the meeting following on the heels of Fidel Castro’s decision to formally step down from power, the exercise called on participants to put themselves in the shoes of an inner circle of advisers to Raul Castro as they meet to assess possible political and economic strategies for the next five years. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioWhat Does Fidel Castro's Retirement Mean for Cuba?

Vicki Huddleston, February 20, 2008, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin America Advisor

What Does Fidel Castro's Retirement Mean for Cuba?Vicki Huddleston comments on Fidel Castro's announcement that he will no longer be the leader of Cuba and offers ideas about what it might mean for the U.S.-Cuban relationship.  Read More

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Save to My PortfolioFidel Castro's Resignation

Vicki Huddleston, February 19, 2008

After 49 years of absolute rule in Cuba, Fidel Castro has ceded his offices to his brother, Raúl. However, as Vicki Huddleston argues, power in Cuba will be weilded by the same hierarchy. Huddleston says the U.S. should look for ways to help the Cuban people achieve democracy and economic betterment by removing restrictions on person-to-person contact and exchange of ideas.

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Save to My PortfolioThe Cuban Economy After Castro

Raj M. Desai, February 19, 2008, The Brookings Institution

The Cuban Economy After CastroWith Fidel Castro’s resignation as president of Cuba, what is next for the Cuban economy under new leadership? Can Cuban industry reform and what are the historical lessons the new leadership should examine before tackling economic policy changes? Raj Desai examines related issues. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioCuba 2008: Opportunities and Challenges

Wednesday, February 06, 2008
8:30 AM to 5:15 PM
Washington, DC

Brookings hosted a conference on the challenges and opportunities as a new Cuba emerges. A distinguished panel of experts on Cuba and Latin American discussed whether Cuba’s leaders will be up to the challenge of managing the succession of Fidel Castro and beyond. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioA Dialogue: Engaging the Latin American World

Michael E. O'Hanlon, Diana Villiers Negroponte and Leonardo Martinez-Diaz, November 2007, The Brookings Institution

A Dialogue: Engaging the Latin American WorldIn October and November of 2007, Brookings Scholars Michael O'Hanlon, Diana Negroponte and Leonardo Martinez-Diaz had an e-mail exchange with prominent Latin American scholars with a variety of perspectives to discuss the issues facing Latin America.  Read More

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Save to My PortfolioCuba: Lessons from the Past

Vicki Huddleston, Jay Taylor, Wayne Smith, John Ferch and Alan Flanigan, November 14, 2007

Drawing on their years of experience as career officers in Foreign Service, a panel of scholars recall Cuba’s past and speak of the island nation’s future.

In Brief

Cuba faces a major transition as an increasingly frail Fidel Castro, who came into power in 1959, cedes authority to his brother Raul. Brookings experts are examining the dynamics of change that can take place within the government of Cuba, its military, the intelligence services, the general population, the Afro-Cuban community and youth.

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Q&A with Vicki Huddleston

Fidel Castro's Resignation

"We’re allowing Raúl Castro, Fidel Castro and the Cuban government to dictate our foreign policy towards Cuba. Because it's very much in our interest to empower the Cuban people. How else are we going to get change in Cuba if the Cuban people don’t call upon their government to make those changes?"

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