ch. 1. What is the state of Cuba? -- 1. Cuba is moving toward capitalist economic liberalization / Ted Piccone -- 2. Cuba is moving toward a more flexible socialism, not toward capitalism / Marce Cameron -- 3. Cuba continues to violate human rights / Human Rights Watch -- 4. Cuba's government works to advance health and education / Jonathan Glennie -- 5. Cubans accept, adapt to their iron-hard lives / Frank Barnako -- 6. Cubans do not accept their low standard of living / Amelia Rosenberg Weinreb.

ch. 2. What is Cuba's relationship with the world? -- 1. Moscow-Havana ties worry US / Paul Richter -- 2. Cuba's ties with Russia are not a danger to the United States / Evgenij Haperskij -- 3. Where do revolutionary doctors come from? / Steve Brouwer -- 4. Venezuelan aid has helped Cuba's economy / Marc Frank -- 5. Many Venezuelans resent Cuban aid and influence / The Economist -- 6. Canada should establish closer relations with Cuba / Peter McKenna -- 7. Canada should focus on human rights in Cuba / John Geddes.

ch. 3. What is the relationship between Cuba policy and US domestic politics? -- 1. Cuba is a security threat to the United States / James M. Roberts -- 2. Don't lump Cuba with Iran on US terror list / Jeffrey Goldberg -- 3. Cuban Americans may be moving away from the Republican Party / Alex Leary -- 4. Cuban American voters continue to support Republican candidates / Benjamin G. Bishin, Casey A. Klofstad.

ch. 4. What should be the US policy toward Cuba? -- 1. The United States must maintain the embargo against Cuba / Humberto Fontova -- 2. VN supports UN call for end of embargo against Cuba / Vietnamese News Agency -- 3. US policy toward Cuba is rooted in domestic politics / Ronald Sanders -- 4. The United States should give Guantánamo Bay back to Cuba / Julia E. Sweig -- 5. Beneath the US obsession with Cuba / George Friedman -- 6. The trial of the Cuban Five was unjust / Amnesty International -- 7. The imprisionment of the Cuban Five is just / Matt Lawrence, Thomas Van Hare.