Hare Quoted on Ukraine War’s Impact on Cuba
Ambassador Paul Hare, Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, was quoted in a Financial Times article on the impact Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has had on Cuba.
The article, titled “‘Now it will only get worse:’ Cuba grapples with impact of Ukraine war,” explores the difficult situation Cuba has been placed in as a result of Russia’s war in Ukraine. The war has been diplomatically awkward for Cuba, with its government blaming the conflict on the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) while also calling for the respect of international borders. Hare said the war has forced Cuba to pick the wrong side in what the European Union considered a strategic threat, noting “Cuba will be seen as complicit in Putin’s attempt to redraw the map of Europe and upend the world order.”
The full article can be read on the Financial Times‘ website.
Ambassador Paul Hare was a British diplomat for 30 years and the British ambassador to Cuba from 2001-04. He now teaches classes at Boston University on Diplomatic Practice, Arms Control, Intercultural Communication, and on Cuba in Transition. His novel, “Moncada — A Cuban Story,” set in modern Cuba, was published in 2010. His book, “Making Diplomacy Work; Intelligent Innovation for the Modern World” was published in 2015. Learn more about Professor Hare on his faculty profile.