Jeffrey H. Boutwell
Articles and Publications:
Cuba, Sports, and International Affairs
Cuba

Opinion Piece on how the politicization of the death of a Cuban dissident, 31-year-old Wilman Villar Mendoza, in January 2012, is yet one more reason to end the failed 50-year-old US trade embargo and travel restrictions on Cuba. 
[February 2012]
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Death of a "Dissident?", (c) Jeffrey Boutwell
El Morro Castle, Havana
Basketball

Have you ever wondered why basketball - the most American of games - has embedded in it the most un-American of principles, double jeopardy?  Think about it. A player commits a foul, the result of which is both free throws or ball possession for the other team, plus the prospect of an early exit of the player from the game.  Why?
[March 2011]
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Double Jeopardy and Basketball
Nuclear Weapons
in the 
Middle East

This article from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists surveys the prospects and obstacles to meaningful progress towards a Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
[January 2011]
Suleiman Mosque, Cairo, Egypt
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Middle East WMD-Free Zone, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, January 2011