A Tale of Two Cities in the Post-Communist World: A Comparative Study of the Domestic-International Interaction in Cuba’s and Vietnam’s Economic Transition

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Brief Overview

This research examines Vietnam’s and Cuba’s divergent roads of post-communist development, illustrating why the former was able to achieve economic liberalization and engagement with the West, while the latter remains a mercantilist economy.

Authors

• Ian Horn, Montclair State University

• Ning Liao, New Jersey City University