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All is calm but problems are on the horizon
11 July – One year later
One year after the protests of 11 July 2021, the situation on the streets in Cuba is calm. Cars cruise along Calle 23 in the heart of Havana, families stroll in the parks, queues form at bus stops and in front of some shops. On that date, the flags on government buildings flew at half-mast, after a one-day national mourning was decreed following the assassination of Japan's ex-prime minister Shinzo Abe. Everything seems to be as usual, but in the background, things are starting to rumble.
Continue readingHavana Foreign Relations expert spends three days in Buckingham
First Cuban visitor makes huge impact at university
The International Institute for the Study of Cuba invited its first visitor to the University of Buckingham in May. Professor Ernesto Domínguez López of the University of Havana spent three days at the University from May 11-14 and made a huge impact.
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US policy towards Cuba in the 21st century
In this presentation, Prof. Domínguez discusses his latest research which addresses the variables in the making of US policy towards Cuba since the start of the new Century, including the structural factors of decision making. He then examines the nature of the policies and finally addresses their effects.
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The Missile Crisis 60 Years On: Part 1
On 16 October, 1962, the CIA placed before US President Kennedy the first confirmed pictures of Soviet nuclear missile emplacements in Cuba and what became known as the Missile Crisis or October Crisis began. Now, as conflict between the ‘West’ and Moscow has reignited on the continent of Europe, what lessons can we learn from the events in the Caribbean sixty years ago? What is its legacy and how should it be remembered? This conference, organised by the International Institute for the Study of Cuba at the University of Buckingham, brings together a group of distinguished scholars to discuss the events of 1962, how it appears to us today and the relevance it may have to matters still facing the world.
Continue readingPlaya Girón - a microcosm of catastrophe and the blueprint of subsequent failure.
Evaluating the Bay of Pigs invasion
This paper, originally written in 2001, analyses the evidence and argues that the US failure at Playa Girón can be read as a microcosm of US policy towards Cuba in the subsequent 60 years. It concludes that not only was the invasion a catastrophe in the short term, its effect in Cuba and the US was to guarantee that US aims would be frustrated for long afterwards.
Continue readingUS-Cuba Relations in a context of multiple crises: 2019-2022
IISC ONLINE SEMINAR: US-CUBA Relations with Prof. Ernesto Domínguez López
The idea of this talk is to focus on the current stature of the relationship between the US and Cuba, for which we have to go back in time, otherwise it would be incomprehensible, but with emphasis on the transition from Trump to Obama, the economic crisis, the pandemic and the recent Ukrainian crisis.
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