Cuba

Perspective

Biodiversity without Borders Redux

By Brian M. Boom - 10/12/2022

In the decade since Brian Boom’s piece was published, the U.S. – Cuba relationship has seen many ups and downs. He highlights this evolution and emphasizes the continued need for scientific cooperation to protect our shared biodiversity.

Perspective

Marine Protected Area Diplomacy with the Caribbean

By William Kiene and Jorge Brenner - 05/25/2022

The United States is fundamentally linked to other nations in the Caribbean through a shared ocean ecosystem. It is therefore essential that the U.S. cooperates with its neighbors to improve the health of marine areas in the region.

Conversation

Diplomacy with a Caribbean Touch: Interview with Ambassador Torres Rivera

06/22/2021

Ambassador Lianys Torres Rivera, Chargé d'Affaires at the Cuban Embassy to the U.S. spoke with Kim Montgomery, Science & Diplomacy's Executive Editor on science diplomacy. 

Perspective

Building a Lasting Cuba-U.S. Bridge through Science

By Sergio Jorge Pastrana - 03/30/2015

Throughout the complicated Cuba-U.S. political and diplomatic history, the Academy of Sciences of Cuba developed strong science-based partnerships with U.S. institutions. 

Article

Intergovernmental Scientific Networks in Latin America

By Marga Gual Soler - 12/22/2014

The Ibero-American Programme for Science, Technology and Development and the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research are two instructive approaches to strengthening regional scientific capacity and relationships.   

Article

Epidemics and Opportunities for U.S.-Cuba Collaboration

By Marguerite Jiménez - 06/09/2014

Renowned Polish-American vaccine developer Albert Sabin showed that scientific cooperation with the Soviet Union and Cuba against infectious disease can serve public health if political barriers are lowered, lessons for current U.S.-Cuba relations.

Article

Biodiversity without Borders

By Brian M. Boom - 08/14/2012
Despite long-standing political tensions, a government-to-government agreement on the environment can help preserve U.S. and Cuban biodiversity while encouraging positive dialogue on issues of mutual interest.
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