The Narcissist Next Door

How the US Embargo of Cuba Mirrors an Abusive Relationship

Oh, the grandeur of American foreign policy! The blue suits, the wagging fingers, the rhetorical smoke rings blown with the smug precision of a carnival trickster. Nowhere is this phenomenon more on display than in the United States’ long-standing embargo against Cuba—a relic of Cold War spitefulness that clings to its victim like a spurned lover bent o…