post-Castro

Military interventions in Latin America

June 16, 2011

The Center for Strategic and International Studies released a report (pdf) this month on military coups in Latin America entitled: Constitutional Coups? Military Interventions in Latin America, authored by Howard Wiarda and Hilary Collins, both from CSIS’ Americas Program. Wiarda is also professor of International Relations at the University of Georgia and has an ample body [...]

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Possibility of revolt?

April 29, 2011

The Economist Intelligence Unit gauges at the possibilty of a revolt in Cuba: Indeed, there is no sign yet that events on the other side of the world are inspiring a rise in anti-government sentiment in Cuba. And it may well be that the government’s decision to modestly liberalise economic policy to allow the emergence of [...]

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Police training in stability ops

September 8, 2010

The U.S. Army War College‘s Strategic Studies Institute published last month a monograph authored by Colonel (Ret.) Dennis E Keller, entitled “U.S. Military Forces and Police Assistance in Stability Operations: The Least-Worst Option to Fill the U.S. Capacity Gap.” Col. Keller gives a historical overview of U.S. foreign police training, where the “U.S. government is poorly [...]

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Youth movements in post-Communist societies

October 15, 2009

Olena Nikolayenko, a visiting scholar from Stanford University, presented a paper entitled: “Youth Movements in Post-Communist Societies: A Model for Nonviolent Resistance,” at last month’s  2009 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. An abstract of the paper: Over the past decade, the rise of youth movements applying nonviolent methods of resistance against autocratic incumbents [...]

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Post-Castroism and sovereignty under seige

August 24, 2008

Several challenges will be posed to a transitional government once Castroism fades from existence (elements will certainly remain) and a semblance of democracy emerges. Organized crime will be one of them, particularly in the streets of Havana and other cities throughout the island, perpetrated by gangs. The lessons learned (from strategy and tactics to combat) [...]

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Bay of Capitalist Pigs

February 20, 2008

How Havana might change after Castro, from the Atlantic Monthly: The American embargo on Cuba has spanned 48 years

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