At present, both Cuba and the U.S. subject the Cuban economy to substantial political risk, i.e., nonmarket loss from state actions like eminent domain, embargos, and tax policy. In Miami, unresolved claims for property expropriated by the Cuban government are the most visible examples. More globally, potential foreign investors in Cuba seek assurance that neither […]

Notes[ref]Portions of this paper were included in Chapter 4 of MATÍAS F. TRAVIESO-DÍAZ, THE LAWS AND LEGAL SYSTEM OF A FREE-MAR-KET CUBA — A PROSPECTUS FOR BUSINESS (Quorum Books, 1996) (hereinafter LAWS AND LEGAL SYSTEM) and as Alternative Recommendations for Dealing with Confiscated Properties in Cuba, in the monograph CONFISCATED PROPERTIES IN A POST-CASTRO CUBA: […]

Civil-military relations describe the interactions among the people, the institutions, and the military of a state. In the context of a democratic system, a bargain among the people, the civil government, and the military establishment concerning the allocations of prerogatives and resources takes place periodically and shapes the military and its roles.[ref]Mackubin Thomas Owens, 2012, […]

RESEARCH QUESTION AND STRUCTURE How have the dictatorships in Cuba and North Korea managed to have been so long lasting? This question is the starting point of this paper. Over the last twenty-five years, there have been various changes in their economies since “black markets” sprung up in Cuba and North Korea. However, despite their […]

Cuba and North Korea have many similarities in their political systems and foreign relations with the United States. However, the two countries have chosen diverging paths in recent years. The United States and Cuba moved to end five decades of hostility and agreed to revive diplomatic relations in December 2014. And, on April 11, 2015, […]