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33 Fletcher F. World Aff. 9 (2009)
Cuba's Brave New World

handle is hein.journals/forwa33 and id is 149 raw text is: Cuba's Brave New World DANIEL P. ERIKSON AND PAULJ. WANDER Cuba, once a lonely communist outcast, is now enjoying a wave of international engagement that was virtually inconceivable even a decade ago. Since Rail Castro took over as provisional president of Cuba in July 2006, Havana has hosted over seventy heads of state, including high- profile leaders such as Hu Jintao of China, Dmitry Medvedev of Russia, and Luiz Inicio Lula da Silva of Brazil, in addition to influential officials like former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and European Union Development Commissioner Louis Michel. In the last year, heads of state from more than twenty Latin American and Caribbean coun- tries have visited Cuba, and many, especially Venezuelan President Hugo Chivez, do so frequently. No other Latin American capital-save Port of Spain, Trinidad (which hosted the Summit of the Americas in April)- has recently attracted such a disproportionate number of high-level visi- tors. Indeed, a casual observer of Cuba's international relations could be forgiven for thinking that global perception and acceptance of the Cuban revolution are at an all time high. This diplomatic sea change is all the more striking given the fact that the Castro regime continues to resolutely resist the kind of democratic opening and economic reforms that much of the world has long encouraged. 'While some regions give the island more attention than others, Cuba's foreign policy is truly global. In Asia, China recently became Cuba's second largest trading partner while African leaders continue to praise Cuban solidarity and medical diplomacy. Last June, Latin American diplomats recently came together to revoke Cuba's suspension from the Organization of American States (OAS), with the tacit agreement of the United States and Canada. The European Union has initiated a new dialogue aimed at Daniel P Erikson is senior associate for U.S. policy and director of Caribbean programs at the Inter-American Dialogue. He is the author ofThe Cuba Wars: Fidel Castro, the United States, and the Next Revolution. Paul. Wander is program assistant at the Dialogue. VOL.33:2 FALL 2009

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