Introduction: History as prologue: Cuba before 2006 / Philip Brenner, Marguerite Rose Jiménez, John M. Kirk, and William M. LeoGrande -- Continuity and change in Cuba at fifty: the revolution at a crossroads / Carlos Alzugaray Treto -- Cuba's new socialism: different visions shaping current changes / Camila Piñeiro Harnecker -- After Fidel: the communist party of Cuba on the brink of generational change / William M. LeoGrande -- The revolutionary armed forces: loyalty and efficiency in the face of old and new challenges / Hal Klepak -- The collapse of socialism is beyond the present horizon / Rafael Hernández, interviewed by Edmundo García -- Religion and civil society in Cuba, 1959-2013 / Margaret E. Crahan -- From cyberspace to public space? The emergent blogosphere and Cuban civil society / Ted A. Henken, Sjamme van de Voort -- The promise besieged: participation and autonomy in Cuba / Armando Chaguaceda -- Challenges of economic restructuring in Cuba / Jorge Mario Sánchez Egozcue -- Updating the Cuban economic model / Omar Everleny Pérez Villanueva -- Cuba's entrepreneurs: foundation of a new private sector / Philip Peters -- Cuban agriculture and the current process of economic transformation / Armando Nova González -- The new Cuban economy: what roles for foreign investment? / Richard E. Feinberg -- The political economy of leisure / Marguerite Rose Jiménez -- Remittance recipients and the present and future of microentrepreneurship activities in Cuba / Manuel Orozco, Katrin Hansing -- Poverty and vulnerability in Cuba today / María del Carmen Zabala Argüelles -- Economic illegalities and the underground economy in Cuba / Archibald R.M. Ritter -- Raúlista foreign policy: a macroperspective / H. Michael Erisman -- China and the future of Cuba / Adrian H. Hearn -- Cuban-Latin American and Caribbean relations: challenges beyond / Monica Hirst -- Cuban medical internationalism under Raúl Castro / John M. Kirk -- Cuban public diplomacy / Michael J. Bustamante, Julia E. Sweig -- The Cuban five and the U.S. war against terror / Saul Landau -- Untying the knot: the possibility of a respectful dialogue between Cuba and the United States / Philip Brenner, Soraya M. Castro Mariño -- Emigration and U.S.-Cuba bilateral relations / Antonio Aja Díaz -- Dialogues within and between Cuba and its diaspora / Jorge I. Domínguez -- Cuba, a country with a broken heart / Leonardo Padura Fuentes -- Living and creating in Cuba: risks and challenges / Leonardo Padura Fuentes -- A black woman from Cuba, that's all: an interview with Nancy Morejón / Nancy Morejón -- Two songs / Carlos Varela -- Culture for the masses? / Daniel Salas González -- Nationhood and identity in contemporary Cuban art / Sandra Levinson -- Questioning authority: cultural expression of contemporary Cuban youth / Ana M. Ruiz Aguirre -- Zooming in: making and marketing films in twenty-first-century Cuba / Ann Marie Stock -- Recovering from crisis? Literature, publishing, and nation building in contemporary Cuba / Par Kumaraswami, Antoni Kapcia -- Cuban sport development: building capacity from el parque to the podium / Robert Huish, Simon C. Darnell -- Cuban youth: from the special period to the updating of the economic and social model / María Isabel Domínguez -- Notes on the race question in Cuba today / Esteban Morales -- Memorable characters of Cuba / Tracey Eaton -- Cuba's recent embrace of agroecology: urban and suburban agriculture / Sinan Koont -- The Cuban health system: in search of quality, efficiency, and sustainability / Conner Gorry, C. William Keck -- Fifty years later: women and social change in Cuba / Clotilde Proveyer Cervantes, Reina Fleitas Ruiz, Graciela Gonazález Olmedo, Blanca Múnster Infante, María Auxiliadora César -- Cuban educational reform during the special period: dust, ashes, and diamonds / Denise Blum -- The changing dynamics of sexuality: CENESEX and the revolution / Emily J. Kirk -- Transcript of television interview with Mariela Castro / Amy Goodman -- Surfing revolico.com: Cuba's answer to Craig's list / John M. Kirk -- Cuba chronology: 2006-2013.