The U.S.-Cuba deal proved the value of discreet, informal diplomacy. No shortage of other peace processes could begin the same way.
The Scope for Parallel Diplomacy Has Never Been Greater
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Raul Castro
Cuba: Hope and Change?
Club Med playground for the rich or isolated Communist backwater: can Cuba find a third path?
US and Cuba Swap Embassies: Victory of Diplomacy and Democracy
As Cuba and the United States continue down the road of reconciliation, they must still avoid the bumps.
Cuba’s Coming Out Party
The road ahead for U.S.-Cuban relations is rocky, but at least it’s new.
Carrots for Cuba, Sticks for North Korea
As one cold war thaws, another refreezes.
Obama Corrects a Historic Mistake on Cuba
Supporters of normalizing relations with Cuba have lost many battles in Washington, but this is a clear victory.
Is Cuba Lightening Up on Dissenters?
This commentary is a joint publication of the Washington Office on Latin America and Foreign Policy In Focus. Cubans have long been careful about what they say and where they say it. However, recent events suggest that Cubans might feel freer to speak out than they...
Collapsism
When small children want something to go away, they close their eyes. Poof! The monster disappears. The spoonful of spinach vanishes. The spilled milk evaporates. Except that they don’t. U.S policymakers indulge in a similar variety of child’s play called collapsism....
A Post-Castro Era Looms for Cuba
With a post-Castro Era looming on the horizon, the Obama administration should muster the political will to prepare the United States for February 2018, when neither Fidel nor Raul Castro will remain at the helm of the Cuban state.
Alan Gross and the U.S. Pragmatism Deficit
A pragmatic approach to foreign policy is by nature flexible, responsive to changes in the target country, clear in its interests and goals, and creative in its implementation. In short, it’s everything the Obama administration’s approach to Cuba isn’t. Just ask Alan Gross.