What Did 2021 Teach Us About International Affairs?
In reflecting on 2021, Pardee School faculty offer their thoughts on the lessons that can be gleaned from this past year. Chief among the responses: multilateralism and global democracy are in decline.
Hare Comments on Protests in Cuba And Government Response
Ambassador Hare argues that the Cuban government is clearly reverting to Cold War-era strategies against protest movements claiming, “they’ve lost the narrative, the battle of ideas, especially with young people.”
Hare Co-Authors Journal Article on Tele-Diplomacy
“The private, painstaking discourse of diplomacy is fading fast. The United Nations needs to urge its members to reassert the values and give new attention to how diplomacy is conducted, building on existing conventions.”
Hare Comments on Anti-Government Protests in Cuba
“What Cuba’s government has always dreaded is a coordinated movement, as opposed to sporadic protests…They see it as the possible genesis of an organized rival political movement.”
Pardee School Partners with UNITAR on Science Diplomacy Executive Training
Professors Garčević, Erik Goldstein, Hare, Najam, Selin, Storella, and Weinstein took part in UNITAR’s Executive Summer Programme on Innovations in Science Diplomacy, which aims to triangulate education, research and leadership.
Hare Comments on U.S. Listing Cuba as State Sponsor of Terrorism
“The actual issues given by Trump and Pompeo…would normally be dealt with by diplomacy if the country were any other but Cuba.”
Hare Comments on Cuban Economic Reform
“Will they open up key sectors…to foreign investment or allow small businesses to engage in manufacturing, exports and build more than mini enterprises?”
Hare Publishes Op-Ed on Future US-Cuba Relations
“The [U.S.] is uniquely placed to make a diplomatic difference on how Cuba could evolve in the near future under a new cadre of civilian leadership.”
Hare Quoted Discussing Freedom of Expression in Cuba
Ambassador Hare discusses unrest between artists and the Cuban government as well as the use blame pinned on the U.S.
Hare Quoted Discussing Cuba’s Medical Diplomacy
Ambassador Hare discusses Cuba’s medical diplomacy, a practice that has sent many of its doctors doctors abroad to combat the coronavirus.
Hare Publishes Op-Ed in The Globe Post on Tele-Diplomacy
Amid COVID-19, global diplomacy, “the principal team game that is supposed to bolster global security and prosperity is hardly being played.”
Hare Writes Letter to the Editor of The Economist on COVID & Diplomacy
Ambassador Paul Hare’s letter to the editor in The Economist discusses diplomatic reform and the coronavirus pandemic.
Hare Presents on U.S.-Cuba Relations During DOD Webinar
Ambassador Paul Hare discussed U.S.-Cuba relations during a U.S. Department of Defense webinar.
Hare in Financial Times on Cuba’s Medical Diplomacy
Paul Hare quoted in a Financial Times news story on Cuba’s medical diplomacy in the times of COVID-19.
Beyond the Headlines: Digital Diplomacy
Pardee School’s Beyond the Headlines (BtH) series grapples with the implications of diplomacy in digital times.
Hare in The Business Times on Uruguay’s Presidential Election
Amb. Paul Webster Hare discusses the centre-right National Party’s victory in Uruguay’s presidential election run-off.
Hare in Reuters on Russia-Cuba Relations
Amb. Paul Hare discusses Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev’s recent visit to Cuba.
Hare Publishes Journal Article on Self-Centered Diplomacy
Amb. Paul Hare examines how self-centered public diplomacy is damaging the practice of diplomacy.
Hare in Reuters on Cuban Price Controls
Amb. Paul Hare discusses new price controls imposed by Cuba’s government in an effort to manage inflation.
Hare in AFP on the Standoff Between Guaidó and Maduro
Amb. Paul Hare discusses the standoff in Venezuela between Juan Guaidó and Nicolás Maduro.