CFR Launches New Task Force on the Future of Cuba

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) has launched a new Task Force on the Future of Cuba. The project will examine what the United States can do to promote a stable, prosperous, democratic Cuba over the next decade in the event of a political transition or significant opening.  

The Task Force will lay out a vision for positioning Cuba to rejoin the world economy and to grow and build a constructive relationship with the United States and other nations, assessing where U.S. policy can make a meaningful difference, and where it cannot.  

The Task Force is cochaired by former Governor of Arkansas Asa Hutchinson, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Roberta S. Jacobson, and former World Bank Chief Economist Carmen M. Reinhart. CFR Fellow for Latin America Studies Will Freeman serves as project director. CFR Senior Vice President Shannon K. O’Neil provides overall guidance. The Task Force plans to release its final consensus report in early 2027. 

CFR Task Forces bring together groups of experts from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives to address issues of critical importance to U.S. foreign policy. As one of CFR’s foremost lines of work, Task Forces help shape the policy discourse and generate impact at the highest levels of government. 

For more information about the Task Force, please email [email protected].