Hare Interviewed on Relations Between the E.U. and Cuba
Amb. Paul Hare, Senior Lecturer at Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, was interviewed on relations between Cuba and the European Union following a recent agreement for deeper bilateral cooperation on issues such as trade, investment and counterterrorism.
Hare was quoted in a January 5, 2017 article in The Inter-American Dialogue entitled “How Important Are Cuba and the E.U. to Each Other?”
From the text of the article:
The interesting aspect of the E.U. Common Position of 1996 is that it did not prevent the European Union from becoming the largest trade and investment partner with Cuba in the late 1990s and early 2000s. There were more than 200 joint ventures between E.U. companies and Cuban entities. Then, in March 2003, Cuba jailed 75 members of the peaceful opposition and turned to Venezuela. The European Union’s diplomacy contributed to getting the prisoners released by 2010. Now, the conditionality may have gone, but both sides know the past. Cuba offers great opportunities if the economy is opened up to its potential, but the problems of bad payments and foreign investment obstacles persist.
You can read the entire article here.
Ambassador Hare teaches classes at Boston University on Diplomatic Practice, Arms Control, Intercultural Communication and on Cuba in Transition. In Spring 2016 he will offer a new class on Public Diplomacy. His novel, “Moncada – A Cuban Story”, set in modern Cuba, was published in May 2010. His book “Making Diplomacy Work; Intelligent Innovation for the Modern World.’ was published in early 2015. Learn more about him here.