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This analysis explores the potential diplomatic, economic, and political consequences of normalized relations between Cuba and the United States. The text's author contends that normalization will most likely enable the Caribbean nation to reintegrate into the world economy and multilateral financial institutions, and to play a growing political role in regional and world affairs. However, he also warns that all these changes will not have an automatic democratizing and liberalizing effect on the island’s political and economic systems. As a result, those dealing with Cuba will have to balance their investment interests in a less isolated country with their own commitments to civil and political rights.