Introduction / Jorge I. Domínguez and Rafael M. Hernández -- Intimate enemies: paradoxes in the conflict between the United States and Cuba / Rafael M. Hernández -- Reshaping the relations between the United States and Cuba / Jorge I. Domínguez -- Cuba's national security vis-áa-vis the United States / Carlos Alzugaray Treto -- Cuban-United States cooperation in the defence and security fields / Hal Klepak -- Terrorism and the anti-hijacking accord in Cuba's relations with the United States / Peter Kornbluh -- The European Union and its role in U.S.-Cuban relations / Eduardo Perera Gómez -- European Union policy in the Cuba-U.S.-Spain triangle / Susanne Gratius -- U.S.-Cuba relations: the potential economic implications of normalization / Archibald R. M. Ritter -- United States-Cuba economic relations: the pending normalization / Jorge Mario Sánchez Egozcue -- U.S. immigration policies toward Cuba / Lorena G. Barberia -- U.S.-Cuba: emigration and bilateral relations / Antonio Aja Díaz -- The subject(s) of academic and cultural exchange: paradigms, powers, and possibilities / Sheryl Lutjens -- Academic diplomacy: cultural exchanges between Cuba and the United States / Milagros Martínez Reinosa.

Two decades ago affairs between the United States and Cuba had seen little improvement from the Cold War era. Today, U.S.-Cuban relations are in many respects still in poor shape, yet some cooperative elements have begun to take hold and offer promise for future developments. Illustrated by the ongoing migration agreement, professional military-to-military relations at the perimeter of the U.S. base near Guantánamo, and professional Coast Guard-Guardafrontera cooperation across the Straits of Florida, the two governments are actively exploring whether and how to change the pattern of interactions.