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This book focuses on the Caribbean policies of the major contenders
for power, analysing the evolution of each country's policies. It
looks at the rivalry for Caribbean influence from the perspectives
of eastern Caribbean and Central American governments.
This book explores the nature and development of Castro's foreign
relations and Cuban globalism, with primary attention devoted to
nationalism's influence on Havana's policies toward the United
States, the Soviet Union, and the developing African, Asian, and
Latin countries of the Third World.
From its inception, Fidel Castro's revolution has exerted an impact
on the international scene far out of proportion to Cuba's modest
size and limited resources. This phenomenon became more pronounced
in the mid-1970s as Havana's foreign policies took on truly global
parameters that involved the dispatch of large combat forces to
Angola and Ethiopia, the initiation of ambitious military and
developmental aid programs for Third World nations, and the
assumption of leadership of the Nonaligned Movement. Today Cuba
remains a significant actor on the world scene, giving top priority
to Caribbean and Central American affairs. Critics, especially in
the United States, have insisted that Cuban globalism is not a
nationalist expression, that Cuba is but a surrogate for the Soviet
Union. Such charges, however, ignore or seriously underestimate the
role that nationalism has always played in the Cuban Revolution.
This book explores the nature and development of Castro's foreign
relations in general and Cuban globalism in particular, with
primary attention devoted to nationalism's influence on Havana's
policies toward the United States, the Soviet Union, and especially
the developing (mostly nonaligned) African, Asian, and Latin
countries of the Third World. To give the reader an in-depth Cuban
perspective on crucial international issues, excerpts from Castro's
major speeches and press interviews are included. Erisman concludes
that the nationalistic dimension of Havana's foreign policies has
definitely not been fully appreciated, and this omission obscures
the complexity and true essence of Cuban globalism.
In recent years the powerful and long-standing influence of the
United States in the Caribbean and Central America has been
challenged directly by Cuba, Mexico, and Venezuela and--many
think--indirectly by the USSR. This struggle for dominance, which
has altered and still is significantly changing the power
configuration in the Caribbean Basin, is examined in detail in
Colossus Challenged. The book contains seven chapters by prominent
area specialists. Five of the chapters focus on the Caribbean
policies of the major contenders for power, analyzing the evolution
of each country's policies, the main variables affecting its
definition of interests and its decision making, and its prospects
for exerting regional influence in the foreseeable future. The
other two chapters look at the rivalry for Caribbean influence from
the perspectives of eastern Caribbean and Central American
governments.
Cuban International Relations at 60 brings together the
perspectives of leading experts and the personal accounts of two
ambassadors to examine Cuba's global engagement and foreign policy
since January 1959 by focusing on the island's key international
relationships and issues. Thisbook's first section focuseson
Havana's complex relationship with Washington and its second
section concentrates on Cuba's other key relationships with
consideration also being given to Cuba's external trade and
investment sectors and the possibility of the island becoming a
future petro-power. Throughout this study due attention is given to
the role of history and Cuban nationalism in the formation of the
island's unique foreign policy. This book's examination and
reflection on Cuba as an actor on the international arena for the
60 years of the revolutionary period highlights the multifaceted
and complex reasons for the island's global engagement. It
concludes that Cuba's global presence since January 1959 has been
remarkable for a Caribbean island, is unparalleled, and is likely
to continue for the foreseeable future. Scholars of international
relations, Latin American studies, and political science n will
find this book particularly interesting.
The 1970s have largely been overlooked in scholarly studies of the
Cuban Revolution, or, at the very least, dismissed simply as a
period of "Sovietization" characterized by widespread
bureaucratization, institutionalization, and adherence to Soviet
orthodoxy. Consequently, scant research exists that examines the
major changes that took place across the decade and their role in
determining the course of the Revolution. This book provides, for
the first time, a comprehensive assessment of the 1970s which
challenges prevailing interpretations. Drawing from
multidisciplinary perspectives and exploring a range of
areas-including politics, international relations, culture,
education, and healthcare-its contributing authors demonstrate that
the decade was a time of intense transformation which proved
pivotal to the development of the Revolution. Indeed, many of the
ideas, approaches, policies, and legislation developed and tested
during the 1970s maintain a very visible legacy in contemporary
Cuba. In highlighting the complexity of the 1970s, this volume
ultimately aims to contribute to a greater understanding of the
Cuban Revolution and how it chooses to face the challenges of the
twenty-first century.
The 1970s have largely been overlooked in scholarly studies of the
Cuban Revolution, or, at the very least, dismissed simply as a
period of "Sovietization" characterized by widespread
bureaucratization, institutionalization, and adherence to Soviet
orthodoxy. Consequently, scant research exists that examines the
major changes that took place across the decade and their role in
determining the course of the Revolution. This book provides, for
the first time, a comprehensive assessment of the 1970s which
challenges prevailing interpretations. Drawing from
multidisciplinary perspectives and exploring a range of
areas-including politics, international relations, culture,
education, and healthcare-its contributing authors demonstrate that
the decade was a time of intense transformation which proved
pivotal to the development of the Revolution. Indeed, many of the
ideas, approaches, policies, and legislation developed and tested
during the 1970s maintain a very visible legacy in contemporary
Cuba. In highlighting the complexity of the 1970s, this volume
ultimately aims to contribute to a greater understanding of the
Cuban Revolution and how it chooses to face the challenges of the
twenty-first century.
This volume illustrates the sweeping changes in Cuban foreign
policy under Raul Castro. Leading scholars from around the world
show how the significant shift in foreign policy direction that
started in 1990 after the implosion of the Soviet Union has
continued, in many ways taking totally unexpected paths-as is shown
by the move toward the normalization of relations with Washington.
Providing a systematic overview of Cuba's relations with the United
States, Latin America, Russia, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and
Africa, this book will be invaluable for courses on contemporary
Cuban politics.
This volume illustrates the sweeping changes in Cuban foreign
policy under Raul Castro. Leading scholars from around the world
show how the significant shift in foreign policy direction that
started in 1990 after the implosion of the Soviet Union has
continued, in many ways taking totally unexpected paths-as is shown
by the move toward the normalization of relations with Washington.
Providing a systematic overview of Cuba's relations with the United
States, Latin America, Russia, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and
Africa, this book will be invaluable for courses on contemporary
Cuban politics.
This comprehensive text analyzes the foreign policies of eighteen
countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. First assessing the
state of the discipline, the introduction develops a common
framework that compares the relevant explanatory weight of foreign
policy determinants at the individual, state, and international
level for each country. Case studies include the major regional
powers such as Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina, as well as
less-studied players such as the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, and
Uruguay. With its focused analytical questions and rich empirical
description, this book allows readers to develop sustained
comparisons across the full spectrum of Latin American foreign
policy. Visit our website for sample chapters
In his analysis of the broad scope of revolutionary Cuba's foreign
relations, H. Michael Erisman emphasizes two key aspects: Cuba's
adjustment since the disintegration of the Soviet Bloc and the
ongoing confrontation between Cuba and the United States. Using
revolutionary Cuba's foreign relations as a case study in
counterdependency politics, he proposes that the country has always
been highly sensitive to the danger of overdependence on an
external power and examines Havana's implementation of this stance
in both the Cold War and post-Cold War periods. As the first
comprehensive single-author treatment of the subject, Erisman not
only tells readers what happened to Cuba's foreign relations but
also offers a basis for understanding them.
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