Checkmate or Top Trumps

Checkmate or Top Trumps

Cuba’s Geopolitical Game of the Century

Summary

2017 RUNNER-UP OF THE BODLEY HEAD | FINANCIAL TIMES ESSAY PRIZE

Cuba is on the brink of seismic change – but in the age of post-Fidel, post-Obama and post-truth, the country’s future hangs in the balance as it finds itself facing a decisive endgame moment with the new US president. In this lucid reflection on Cuba’s decades-long stalemate with the US, Rey maps out the playing field and shows how Trump and Castro’s next moves will reverberate globally.

About the author

Daniel Rey

Daniel Rey, 25, lives in London and writes on international relations, culture and sport. After studying at Oxford and Cambridge, he has worked at the BBC and in the independent television sector. His work has been published in the Annual Register and Prospect, and has been cited by a former Colombian president.
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