What Should the U.S. Do About Havana Syndrome?

Article/Op-Ed in In The Room with Peter Bergen
Show host Peter Bergen sitting in front of a bay of televisions, with the title of the podcast "In The Room with Peter Bergen."
May 30, 2023

In Episode 5 of his new podcast "In the Room with Peter Bergen," New America Vice President Peter Bergen explores the issues surrounding Havana Syndrome:

It started in 2016 when a small group of American diplomats and spies in Havana, Cuba said they heard a piercing sound and became debilitatingly ill. Seven years later, more than a thousand Americans all over the globe now say they’ve also gotten sick. Despite several scientific studies and numerous government investigations, the debate around what’s making people sick still hasn’t been fully resolved. Could the job these foreign-service and intelligence officers do — trying to keep America safe — in outposts like Cuba and Russia and China be so stressful that it causes serious neurological symptoms? And is Havana Syndrome still a national security threat — since it’s taking out some of the best and brightest Americans in the foreign service and intelligence?

Listen to the episode here, and see the full set of episodes here.