Cuba Series, Part 4: Helms–Burton & Readers Respond
We thank readers for their many comments about our Cuba series. Here are a few of those responses.
Cuba Series, Part 3: Healthcare
I’m in Cuba and have been meeting with doctors and others to learn what the situation is here with regard to Zika. I’ve visited a daycare center and a rural community and been briefed on mosquito control.
What I’m learning is eye-opening.
Cuba Series, Part 2: US Sanctions on Cuba?
In “Cuba Series, Part 1: The Bay of Pigs”, I discussed our GIC delegation’s recent visit to the Bay of Pigs Museum in Cuba. I also mentioned the impact of US sanctions. Let’s use this commentary for some deeper details about sanctions.
Cuba Series, Part 1: The Bay of Pigs
I’m going to start this multipart series about Cuba with a report of my personal visit to a region outside the Havana area. Readers will see why shortly. So, here’s Cuba Series, Part 1: Bay of Pigs.
Zika – February 2019
For our readers’ reference we want to start this discussion by recalling that it has been one century since a virus mutated and became a mass killer. That was a strain of H1N1 influenza A, nicknamed the Spanish flu. An estimated 50 million died worldwide as that pandemic swept around the world, and many more […]
Lessons from Thucydides
David R. Kotok has written the monograph pamphlet, “Lessons from Thucydides” detailing information asymmetries and their implications for investors and world affairs. The concept of a Thucydides Trap and its rise and avoidability (or lack thereof) is often debated and David makes a case for dealing with them weaving current and historical events into a […]