Stratfor: The strategic significance of Cuba

April 13, 2009 · Posted in Uncategorized

Stratfor has a nice piece on the strategic position of Cuba and the implications of this on its relations with the US and other foreign powers.

Cuba occupies an extraordinarily important geographic position for the United States. It sits astride the access points from the Gulf of Mexico into the Atlantic Ocean, and therefore is in a position to impact the export of U.S. agricultural products via the Mississippi River complex and New Orleans (not to mention the modern-day energy industrial centers along the Gulf Coast). If New Orleans is the key to the American Midwest’s access to the world, Cuba is the key to New Orleans.

If you’ve ever wondered why US (and Russian) politics frequently revolve around Cuba, be sure to give this a read.

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