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Since Fidel Castro died in late 2016, journalists and tourists have flocked to Havana hoping to see communist Cuba before it is “too late”. But the old Cuba is already long gone, writes Ramón Centeno.
The country started to change ten years ago, when an ailing Fidel handed the presidency over to his younger brother, Raul. Today, with its uncharismatic leader and liberalising economy, Cuba looks way less like North Korea than it does the surviving communist systems of China or Vietnam.
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What would Fidel think of Chanel Fashion Week in Cuba?
Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters
Ramón I. Centeno, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
With its uncharismatic president and liberalising economy, the new Cuba is already here.
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Business + Economy
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Mark Smith, Grenoble École de Management (GEM)
The arguments for an universal basic income have emerged from a rising disillusionment in classic economics and expectations of more security.
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Politics + Society
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Gilbert M. Khadiagala, University of the Witwatersrand
Donald J. Trump is the new man in charge of the US, and Africa seems to have little cause for celebration. But what does the new Commander-in-Chief really think of the continent?
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Ranjit Goswami, RK University
Only by privileging an English-speaking, Western position can we say that 'post-truth' emerged in 2016.
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Arts + Culture
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Lauren Griffin, University of Florida; Annie Neimand, University of Florida
If someone sees or hears something they don't want to believe...they probably won't believe it.
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Beth Vale, University of the Witwatersrand
Both Berlin and Johannesburg are at the centre of their respective countries' night cultures. Both cities have undergone fundamental social transitions since 1990.
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Science + Technology
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Graham Kendall, University of Nottingham
Going round in circles can actually make your journey more efficient.
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Zuleyma Tang-Martinez, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Victorian attitudes influenced what scientists thought they were observing about sexual behaviors in the animal world. But modern techniques reveal the myth for what it is.
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