In any discussion of the effects of economic sanctions it should be clear that sanctions are potentially harmful or costly to not only the target nation, but also the sanctioning countries. The potential harm will be dependent on the degree of substitution in trade and capital markets, i.e., on “fungibility.” Even if sanctions impose harm […]

Allow me to make a very brief general statement to introduce our topic to be followed by the presentations and discussions. A fundamental question facing us is: is U.S. foreign policy vis-a-vis Cuba justifiable? In my opinion, it is not. Naturally during almost four decades since the Revolution, U.S. and Cuban policies have varied. But […]

Notes1 Recently a number of empirical studies have begun to analyze the evolution of output during the transition from planned to market economy in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.2 A number of important conclusions emerge from the analysis of the reform process, some of which are illustrated in […]

En la segunda Conferencia celebrada por la ASCE en 1992, presenté un documento sobre “El Marco Jurídico-Institucional de un Gobierno Provisional de Unidad Nacional en Cuba” en el que sostuve mi opinión en el sentido de que el retorno a la democracia reprentativa desmantelada en Cuba en 1959 requeriría el reconocimiento, en alguna medida razonable, de los derechos […]