Senior Research Fellow
Education:
Ph.D, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
M.A., Johns Hopkins School of Advanced Studies
B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz
Julia Sweig, whose scholarship and policy innovation on Cuba helped lay the groundwork for President Obama's policy initiative, is the award-winning author of several books, including Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know and Inside the Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro and the Urban Underground. She has also authored numerous other publications and policy reports on Cuba, U.S.-Cuban relations, Brazil as an emerging global player, Latin America and American foreign policy.