Ross Bogen

Club member Ross Bogen examines Cuba’s growing economic and political crisis through the lens of Jon Lee Anderson’s recent New Yorker article, exploring the possibility of increased U.S. pressure, regime instability, and what may come next for the Cuban people.

As the daily flood of disinformation, invective, and demented fantasy issuing from Trump’s firehouse has morphed into something like napalm, it’s hard to pay attention to developments with longer term impacts. In Part One, I mentioned a renewed existential threat, specifically the looming threat of nuclear proliferation, leading to the probability of a new arms race, and the possibility of nuclear war.

WASHINGTON—A visibly shaken Donald J. Trump told reporters on Thursday that the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor sets a dangerous precedent of pedophiles facing consequences. “I saw where King Charles released a statement where he said no one is above the law,” he said.“That’s a horrible thing to say.” Trump said that Andrew’s arrest had made him “rethink the whole idea of becoming king.” “If you can be a member of the royal family and get arrested anyway, what’s the point in having a...