Hare Interviewed by Cuba Possible on U.S.-Cuba Relations | Latin American Studies

Hare Interviewed by Cuba Possible on U.S.-Cuba Relations

Amb. Paul Webster Hare, Senior Lecturer at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, was recently interviewed on a range of topics including how U.S.-Cuba relations are evolving under the Trump administration.

Hare was interviewed for an October 19, 2017 article by Cuba Posible entitled “Paul W. Hare: “Russia, China, Iran and Others Will be Eagerly Consolidating Their Relations as the US Returns to its Role of Adversary.”

From the text of the article:

What is your analysis of the conditions in which the US government has taken these measures? Do you think these measures are appropriate?

The Trump Administration has been struggling to reconcile The President’s vision of the world of independent sovereign states which respect each other’s culture and systems of government -see his UN speech last month- and his concept that some states are evil and others good. Trump has said he wants to do what’s in America’s interest and does not want to be president of the Globe. It’s a vision that is outdated because in a multipolar world, states need to cooperate on key global issues.

Where does that leave Cuba?…

To learn more, View the article here

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