There are many misconceptions in the United States about the technological and social status of the Internet in Cuba, in part due, perhaps, to the still considerable isolation of the island under the U.S. trade embargo and, consequently, the relative lack of field research on this and other subjects of contemporary interest concerning Cuba. The […]

Notes1 Policy reform and investments in a post-Castro Cuba will have to pay special attention to employment problems resulting from the need to conduct rigorous restructuring and privatization of the enterprise sector, including both the manufacturing and the services sectors. Currently, the Cuban Government estimates that close to one million workers, almost 25 percent of […]

Notes1 The role and impact of public opinion in shaping U.S. foreign policy continues to be debated. As noted by Holsti (1996: 33), “the most important reason for interest in public opinion on foreign affairs arises from the assumption that in some ways and at least some of the time public attitudes have an impact, […]

This essay explores the parallels and divergences between Fidel Castro and Machiavelli’s self-made ruler. Much of The Prince deals with the problem of how a man can raise himself from private fortune or even obscure and abject origins to a position of undisputed political primacy as conqueror or founder of a new state or regime. […]

Notes1 Upon review of the past editions of Cuba in Transition, an annual publication of thoughtful articles on the future of Cuban society and economy, one can draw some ideas about how transition in Cuba can or should be played out. Some examples include Loser (1998), Sanguinetty (1998), Tejada (1997), Rivera (1998), but many more […]