Cuba’s sagging economy, regime change, and U.S. policy
Cuba has entered the 2020s much in the same fashion as it did in the 1990s; the world is a more uncertain place, its main economic backer is riven by a major economic collapse, and its relations with its northern neighbor are tense. But there are differences.
Cuba Wars Redux
A cancelled State Department panel on Cuba offers a teachable moment for the U.S. government. The Trump Administration should re-establish appropriate boundaries between politics, policy and intelligence on matters of Cuba.
U.S.-Cuba policy change advocates: This is your ally?
Reforms intended to promote openness in Cuba are about to be rolled back. But is this the administration with the moral authority to do it?
Changing calcified Cuba
Expanding the existing opening is the key to supporting much-needed (and within Cuba anticipated) economic and political change.
Is the U.S. opening to Cuba dead in the water?
Two years after Obama loosened the U.S. embargo on Cuba and normalized relations are those policies about to be rolled back by a Trump administration?
Open for Business: Feinberg’s Cuba book from the frontlines
Richard Feinberg’s new book, Open For Business, draws on his recent, extensive research on the Cuban economy and U.S.-Cuban relations and on his travels on the island. The result is a multifaceted, balanced and personal portrayal of the island’s challenges and its people.