Carleton Experts Available: United States’ Blockade of Cuba
Cuba is reaching a breaking point amid a fuel shortage brought about by the U.S. choking off the country’s oil supply. Meanwhile, Canadian airlines have suspended service to the island and are bringing tourists back home. Carleton experts are available to discuss this situation and its impacts. If you are interested in speaking with the experts below, please feel free to reach out to them directly. If you require other assistance, please email Steven Reid, Media Relations Officer, at steven.reid3@carleton.ca.
For other experts, please visit the Carleton Experts Database: https://experts.carleton.ca/
David Carment
Professor, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University
Email: David.Carment@carleton.ca
Carment is a series editor for Palgrave’s Canada and International Affairs, editor of Canadian Foreign Policy Journal and fellow of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. His research focuses on Canadian foreign policy, mediation and negotiation, fragile states and diaspora politics.
He is the author, editor or co-editor of 21 books and has authored or co-authored over 90 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. His most recent books focus on diaspora cooperation, corruption in Canada, branding Canadian foreign policy and state fragility.
For more on Carment, visit: https://experts.carleton.ca/david-carment
Philip Kaisary
Professor, Department of Law and Legal Studies and Department of English Language and Literature at Carleton University
Email: philip.kaisary@carleton.ca
Kaisary is a legal, literary, and cultural comparativist and his work brings questions of resistance and struggle to bear on legal and cultural forms, theorizes and critically appraises alternative modes of being in the world, and addresses the intersections of law, politics and culture.
For more on Kaisary, visit: https://experts.carleton.ca/philip-kaisary
Archibald Ritter
Professor, Department of Economics at Carleton University
Email: arch.ritter@carleton.ca
Ritter writes a blog on the Cuban economy, and his research focuses on development economics, the international dimensions of economic development, and development issues in Latin America with particular reference to Cuba.
For more on Ritter, visit: https://carleton.ca/economics/people/ritter-archibald-rm/
Media Contact
Steven Reid (he/him)
Media Relations Office
Carleton University
613-265-6613
Steven.Reid3@carleton.ca
Looking for a Carleton expert?
Visit: https://experts.carleton.ca/
Related News
Carleton Experts Available – Tariff Ruling by the United States’ Supreme Court
The United States’ Supreme Court has struck down many of the tariffs imposed by Donald Trump, and Carleton experts are available to comment on related ...
Carleton Experts Available – Winter Olympics 2026
The 2026 Winter Olympics are beginning, and Carleton experts are available to comment on related topics. If you are interested in speaking with the experts ...
Carleton Experts Available – Black History Month
February is Black History Month, and Carleton experts are available to comment on related topics. If you are interested in speaking with the experts below, ...