with hopefully a more mixed economy. hopefully more joint ventures from foreign businesses. i m just thinking from the point of view of havana. the one reason why the reforms haven t advanced is because there s a political fallout to liberalizing the economy. it implies necessarily less economic control and political control. that is the lesson, and once you start down that road politically thinking it s a very slippery slope. julia, what is the cuban attitude towards the united states? do they want more contact? do they feel again like this would be a moment post-castro to normalize relations? fareed, i m glad you asked that, because the dynamic with the united states is relevant to the pace of reform at home, and when we had the last two years of the obama administration and the opening of commercial and diplomatic ties, what you also