The author is a senior associate at the Inter-American Dialogue thinktank in Washington, and the book was published by Bloomsbury Press and received positive reviews.
Based on more than a dozen trips to Cuba since 2001 and more than fifty interviews of major players in Washington, D.C., Havana, and Miami.
Erikson is a graduate of Greely High School in Cumberland Center, ME, and a senior associate at the Inter-American Dialogue thinktank in Washington.
[1] He was previously a research associate at the Harvard Business School and a Fulbright scholar in relations between the United States and Mexico.
[2] This has been “highly recommended” by Library Journal for “remarkable insight into the fate of Cuba after Fidel.” Jorge Domínguez of Harvard University praised the book for its “fascinating stories that illustrate the larger drama,” and Riordan Roett of Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies says that “Wise policy makers will take Erikson’s book as a guide to what to do next.” Booklist described it as "An informative and important analysis".