The United States should lift “the veil of isolation” to promote greater flow of information and independent activity in Cuba, writes AS/COA’s Christopher Sabatini for The New York Times’ Room for Debate. 

The aide’s trip to China “represents a real double standard…while at the same time they are denying citizens’ right to travel to Cuba,” comments AS/COA’s Christopher Sabatini.

In AQ's Hard Talk, Sarah Stephens and Joel Brito debate whether the island's warming ties with Europe will open up U.S.-Cuba relations.

China is not satisfied with the pace and depth of reforms in Cuba and won’t invest in the island just for ideological reasons, suggests AS/COA’s Christopher Sabatini.

Will warming Cuba-EU ties open up U.S.- Cuba relations? No

Will warming Cuba-EU ties open up U.S.- Cuba relations? Yes