Learning to salsa
Subtitle: new steps in U.S.-Cuba relations
By: Vicki Huddleston, Carlos Pascual.
Contributors: Pascual, Carlos.
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780815703891
Subjects: Engagement (Philosophy) -- Political aspects; Political games; Role playing -- Political aspects; Social change -- Cuba; United States -- Foreign relations -- Cuba; Cuba -- Foreign relations -- United States; United States -- Relations -- Cuba; Cuba -- Relations -- United States; Cuba -- Politics and government -- 1990-; Cuba -- Social conditions -- 1959-
Description: "Drawing on simulation exercises involving role playing and extensive debates, explores how major developments within or outside Cuba might open opportunities for the U.S. to reengage with the island nation and support Cuban actors in initiating change from within, and reveals specific challenges to crafting a new U.S. approach"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cuba : A new policy of critical and constructive engagement; title: U.S. policy : constraints of a historical legacy; title: Simulation exercise no. 1: A meeting of the National Security Council, July 28, 2008; title: U.S. policy : a new Cuba strategy; title: Simulation exercise no. 2: A meeting of the National Security Council, March 15, 2009; title: Understanding the Cuban leadership; title: Simulation exercise no. 3: A meeting of Raul Castro and his advisers, March 4, 2008; title: Transforming disparate voices into a dynamic civil society coalition; title: Simulation exercise no. 4: A meeting of Cuban grassroots activists, July 26, 2010; title: Coordinating U.S. policy with the international community; title: Simulation exercise no. 5, part 1: A meeting of foreign ministers convened by the U.S. Secretary of State in Washington, D.C., October 14, 2010; part 2: A meeting of the National Security Council concerning multilateral engagement and crisis management, November 13, 2010; title: Creating consensus in the Cuban American community; title: Simulation exercise no. 6: A meeting of representatives of the Cuban American community, December 13, 2010; title: Appendix A: Legal parameters of the U.S. embargo on Cuba; title: Appendix B: Florida International University's 2008 poll of Cuban American opinions.