Author profile: Alessandro Badella
Review – The Cuban Embargo
One of the few examples of a monograph on the US embargo of Cuba, this short and readable text helps us understand key internal dynamics which drive this policy.
Review – US Foreign Policy and Democracy Promotion
This ready-to-use edited handbook provides a good and complete introduction to the history and evolution of US democracy promotion abroad.
The “Obama Doctrine”: Engaging Cuba but…
Obama is writing history in US-Cuba relations. Yet, the duration and pace of the appeasement with Havana and its evolution is linked to Cuba’s internal political changes.
Critical Questions on the US-Cuba Rapprochement
It could be naive to think that Obama’s openings to Cuba were just a move to improve relations without expecting any reciprocation in terms of democracy and human rights.
