Cuba in the International System

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

   PDF

2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Archibald R. M. Ritter, John M. Kirk

      Pages 1-8

3. The Domestic Context: Economic and Political Challenges

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

      PDF

   2. Cuban Nationalism and Political Democracy Towards the Twenty-first Century

      • Marifeli Pérez-Stable

      Pages 11-22

   3. Cuba, Castro, Clinton and Canosa

      • Andrew Zimbalist

      Pages 23-35

   4. ‘Apertura’ and Reform of the Cuban Economy: The Institutional Transformations, 1990–93

      • Pedro Monreal, Manuel Rua del Llano

      Pages 36-57

   5. Prospective Dollar Remittances and the Cuban Economy

      • Carmelo Mesa-Lago

      Pages 58-69

4. Cuba’s International Relations: Reconsideration and Redesign

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71

      PDF

   2. Cuba’s Current Integration into the International and Hemispheric Systems

      • Julie M. Feinsilver

      Pages 73-83

   3. Cuba’s Foreign Policy in the ‘Special Period’

      • Luis Suárez Salazar

      Pages 84-104

   4. The International Reinsertion of Cuba: Emerging Scenarios

      • Francisco León Delgado

      Pages 105-129

   5. Cuba’s Evolving CARICOM Connection

      • H. Michael Erisman

      Pages 130-144

   6. Unravelling the Paradox: The Canadian Position on Cuba

      • John M. Kirk

      Pages 145-158

5. Resolving the US—Cuban Impasse

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159

      PDF

   2. Cuban Security in the Post-Cold War World: Old and New Challenges and Opportunities

      • Carlos Alzugaray

      Pages 161-176

   3. ‘Conflict Resolution’ between the United States and Cuba: Clarifications, Premises and Precautions

      • Rafael Hernández

      Pages 177-197

   4. Clinton and Castro: Pragmatism or Paralysis

      • Gillian Gunn

      Pages 198-207

   5. Obstacles to Breaking the US—Cuban Deadlock

      • Edward Gonzalez

      Pages 208-225

   6. Confidence-building Measures and a Cuba—United States Rapprochement

      • Hal P. Klepak

      Pages 226-236

   7. US Foreign Subsidiary Trade with Cuba: Before and After the Cuban Democracy Act

      • Donna Rich Kaplowitz

      Pages 237-258

This book examines the evolution of Cuba's foreign relations since the demise of the USSR. It is divided into three sections: the first examines the nature of economic and political change that has taken place in Cuba in the last three years; the second analyzes the evolution of Cuban international relations, which have flourished in recent years; the final section examines the nature of the impasse in bilateral relations with the USA and offers some suggestions to resolve the difficulties.

• Cold War
• Confidence
• conflict
• conflict resolution
• democracy
• economy
• foreign policy
• integration
• international relations
• nationalism
• nature
• reform
• state
• transformation
• war
• latin american politics

"Important collection of 16 essays by Cuban and foreign specialists emerging from the symposium 'Cuba in the International System: Normalization and Integration' held at Carleton Univ., Ottawa, in Sept. 1993. Articles on external sector reforms (by Pedro Monreal and Manuel Râua), remittances (by Carmelo Mesa-Lago), commercial relations with Latin America (by Francisco Leâon), US subsidiaries' trade with Cuba (by Donna Rich Kaplowitz), and compensation issues in US-Cuba normalization of relations (by Archibald R.M. Ritter) have significant economic content and are quite valuable" - Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

• School of International Affairs and Department of Economics, Carleton University, Canada

  Archibald R. M. Ritter

• Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada

  John M. Kirk

Policies and ethics