Rafael Hernández argues that the development of a high culture in Cuba has created a civil society capable of fully debating and deciding its own present and future.
South-south cooperation: Cuba's health programmes in South Africa
Margaret Blunden examines the strengths and limitations of Cuba's contribution to international development through the promotion of holistic medicine.
Integrating health and human security into foreign policy
Robert Huish and Jerry Spiegel see Cuba's approach to providing assistance to individuals as a practical means of combating structural violence.
US Cuba policy after Bush: succession or transition?
Stephen Wilkinson reviews the possible outcomes of the US presidential elections and the implications for changing relationships with Cuba.