Cuban International Relations At 60

Mervyn J. Bain; Chris Walker

doi:10.5771/9781793630193

Summary

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.

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Copyright year: 2021
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-3018-6
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-3019-3
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 300
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
1. Structure of Book No access
2. Notes No access
3. Bibliography No access
1. 1. Here Are My Thoughts No access
  2. Reversibility of the Process under Trump No access
2. 1. How Did We Get Here? No access
  2. Negotiating the Reestablishment of Diplomatic Relations No access
  3. The Obama Visit No access
  4. Blowback/Backlash No access
  5. Note No access
3. 1. From Dwight D. Eisenhower to George W. Bush: Fifty Years of Coercive Diplomacy No access
  2. Barack Obama: Constructive Engagement No access
  3. Donald Trump: A Return to Coercive Diplomacy No access
  4. Coercion or Engagement: A Balance Sheet No access
  5. Bibliography No access
4. 1. Introduction No access
  2. An Attempted Congressional Usurpation of U.S.-Cuba Policy from the President No access
  3. The Lesson for the Trump Administration in the Failed “Codification” of the Embargo on Cuba No access
  4. President Clinton’s Helms-Burton Act Signing Statement No access
  5. An Impermissible Legislative Veto No access
  6. Members of Congress Do Not Have the “Standing” to Challenge a Presidential Termination of the Embargo on Cuba No access
  7. Judicial Deference to Presidential Exercises of the Office’s Foreign Affairs Prerogative No access
  8. The Political Question Doctrine No access
  9. International Law Is the Law of the United States and U.S. Courts Refuse to Act Contrary to That Body of Law No access
  10. How the Embargo May Be Terminated No access
  11. The President Lifts the Embargo: What Happens Next? No access
  12. Conclusion No access
  13. Notes No access
  14. Bibliography No access
5. 1. “Sonic Attacks” No access
  2. Microwave/Radiowave Weapons No access
  3. Mass Hysteria No access
  4. Still Searching for Answers No access
  5. Notes No access
  6. Bibliography No access
6. 1. U.S.-Cuba during the Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson Administrations No access
  2. From the Ephemeral Détente to Confrontation: The Ups and Downs of Policy toward Cuba No access
  3. The U.S.-Cuba Confrontation in the Transition Period of the New International (Dis)Order (1989–2000) No access
  4. George W. Bush’s “Fight Against Terrorism” and its Impact on Cuba (2001–2008) No access
  5. US-Cuba: The Winds of Change (2009–2016) No access
  6. “America First”: The Destruction of the Bridge and the Setbacks on U.S.-Cuba Relations (2017–2020) No access
  7. Bibliography No access
1. 1. Weight of History No access
  2. Angola and Apartheid’s Demise No access
  3. Saving African Lives No access
  4. Conclusion No access
  5. Notes No access
  6. Bibliography No access
2. 1. Canada and the Early Years of the Cuban Revolutionary Process No access
  2. The Apex of Bilateral Relations: The Trudeau Years (1968–1984) No access
  3. Mixed Signals: From Brian Mulroney to Jean Chrétien (1984–2003) No access
  4. The Nadir of Canada-Cuba Relations: The Harper Years (2006–2015) No access
  5. “Canada Is Back”: Justin Trudeau and Canada-Cuba Relations Since 2015 No access
  6. Concluding Remarks No access
  7. Note No access
  8. Bibliography No access
3. 1. Sino-Cuban Economic Relations in Political Context No access
  2. Saving Socialism No access
  3. Surveying Chinese Perspectives No access
  4. Conclusion No access
  5. Bibliography No access
4. 1. Cold War Relations No access
  2. Post–Cold War Relations No access
  3. Conclusions No access
  4. Notes No access
  5. Bibliography No access
5. 1. Contemporary Cuban-Russian Relations No access
  2. Cuban and Russian Foreign Policies No access
  3. Cuban-Russian Relations in the Post–Soviet Era No access
  4. January 1959 to December 1991 No access
  5. Conclusions No access
  6. Notes No access
  7. Bibliography No access
6. 1. Introduction No access
  2. Neoliberalism, Hegemony, and Counter-Hegemony No access
  3. Hard Power, Soft Power, and the War on Ideas No access
  4. Pre-Chávez: SAPs and Inequality No access
  5. Chávez, Vargas, and the Rise of the Chavistas No access
  6. South-South Solidarity Takes Off No access
  7. ALBA and Counter-Power No access
  8. Dissent from Within No access
  9. Hard Power: The 2002 Coup, Sanctions, Embargos, and Oil No access
  10. Through Thick and Thin: Politicization, Polarization, and Dollarization No access
  11. Conclusion No access
  12. Notes No access
  13. Bibliography No access
7. 1. Introduction No access
  2. Structural Changes and Current Conditions No access
  3. Principal Challenges No access
  4. A Triple Punch: Venezuela, Trump, and the Coronavirus No access
  5. Conclusion No access
  6. Notes No access
  7. Bibliography No access
8. 1. Cuba’s Evolving Petroleum Profile No access
  2. Technological Challenges No access
  3. Foreign Relations Implications No access
  4. Conclusion No access
  5. Notes No access
  6. Bibliography No access
1. Note No access
Index No access Pages 281 - 294
1. About the Editors No access
2. About the Contributors No access