Engaging Cuba

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The Case for a New Cuba Policy
Jake Colvin 
New Ideas Fund
December 2008

Options for Engagement: A Resource Guide for Reforming U.S. Policy Toward Cuba
Anya Landau French, The Lexington Institute
April 2009

Nine Ways to Talk to Cuba
Center for Democracy in the Americas
January 2009

More than half of Cuban Americans believe the embargo should end
Florida International University/Brookings 2008 Poll
December 2008

In Our National Interest: The Top Ten Reasons for Changing U.S. Policy Toward Cuba
Center for Democracy in the Americas
Introduction by USA*Engage
January 2007

Economic Sanctions: Agencies Face Competing Priorities in Enforcing the U.S. Embargo on Cuba (GAO Report)
Why is the U.S. Treasury Department is investigating more cases related to Cuba than all of the other sanctions programs it administers combined?
November 2007

More than 60 percent of Americans believe that the United States should establish diplomatic relations with Cuba
PollingReport.com
January 2007

Blogs 

TheHavanaNote.com
A group blog covering various corners of the cultural, political, military and economic dimensions of US-Cuba relations.

The Cuban Triangle
Havana-Miami-Washington events and arguments and their impact on Cuba 

For more information

Center for Democracy in the Americas (CDA)  – CDA is devoted to changing U.S. policy toward the countries of the Americas by basing our relations on respect and dignity, recognizing positive models of governance in the region, and fostering dialogue particularly with those governments and movements with which U.S. policy is at odds. CDA advocates reforming U.S. policy toward Cuba through its “Freedom to Travel to Cuba” campaign.

New America Foundation – The New America Foundation’s U.S.-Cuba 21st Century Policy Initiative seeks to take advantage of recent internal developments to redirect U.S.-Cuba policy and relations towards a more sensible, mutually beneficial direction and forge a new consensus of national stakeholders in an engagement strategy with Cuba rather than the decades old tried and failed strategy of isolating Cuba and its citizens.

Center for International Policy (CIP) – The Center for International Policy’s Cuba Program seeks to bring about a more sensible U.S. policy toward Cuba.  There may have been a time during the Cold War when there was some rationale for a containment policy, including an embargo. But, with the end of the Cold War, that rationale has vanished, and our policy toward Cuba is now not only obsolete but actually counterproductive in terms of real U.S. interests and objectives.

Latin America Working Group (LAWG)  – The Latin America Working Group and its sister organization, the Latin America Working Group Education Fund, carry out the coalition's mission to encourage U.S. policies towards Latin America that promote human rights, justice, peace and sustainable development. As a coalition, LAWG represents the interests of over 60 major religious, humanitarian, grassroots and policy organizations to decision makers in Washington. Among its many efforts, LAWG has helped to ease restrictions on the sale of food and medicine to Cuba.

Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) – WOLA's Cuba program encourages U.S. policy-makers to move towards normalized relations with Cuba. the U.S. embargo on Cuba does nothing to promote human rights and social justice on the island. It is based on outdated Cold War ideology and special interest group politics. The Bush Administration's policy of tightening the embargo, and waiting until Fidel Castro leaves the scene, is misguided and counter-productive. Engagement with Cuba is a more sensible, more effective, and more humane strategy for promoting human rights and social justice.