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Summary:

Scope and content: "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.

Table of Contents:

• Cuba : a new policy of critical and constructive engagement
• U.S. policy : constraints of a historical legacy
• Simulation exercise no. 1 : a meeting of the National Security Council, July 28, 2008
• U.S. policy : a new strategy toward Cuba
• Simulation exercise no. 2 : a meeting of the National Security Council, March 15, 2009
• Understanding the Cuban leadership
• Simulation exercise no. 3 : a meeting of Raúl Castro and his advisers, March 4, 2008
• Transforming disparate voices into a dynamic civil society coalition
• Simulation exercise no. 4 : a meeting of Cuban grassroots activists, July 26, 2010
• Coordinating U.S. policy with the international community
• Simulation exercise no. 5, part I : a meeting of foreign ministers convened by the U.S. Secretary of State in Washington, D.C., October 14, 2010; Part II : a meeting of the National Security Council concerning multilateral engagement and crisis management, November 13, 2010
• Creating consensus in the Cuban American community
• Simulation exercise no. 6 : a meeting of representatives of the Cuban American community, December 13, 2010
• Appendixes
• Understanding the legal parameters of the U.S. embargo on Cuba
• 2008 Florida International University poll of Cuban American opinion.

Author/Creator:

Huddleston, Vicki

Contributors:

Pascual, Carlos

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Learning to salsa: new steps in U.S.-Cuba relations [by Huddleston, V.]

Subjects:

United States — Foreign relations — Cuba

Cuba — Foreign relations — United States

United States — Relations — Cuba

Cuba — Relations — United States

Engagement (Philosophy) — Political aspects

Political games

Role playing — Political aspects

Cuba — Politics and government — 1990-

Cuba — Social conditions — 1959-1990

Social change — Cuba

Since 1959

Relations

Engagement (Philosophy)

Role playing

Politics and government

Social conditions

Social change

Diplomatic relations

United States

Cuba

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical Description:

xiv, 245 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Call Numbers:

E183.8.C9 H83 2010

ISBNs:

9780815703891 (pbk., alk. paper)
0815703899 (pbk., alk. paper)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2009052539

OCLC Numbers:

491904269