Cuba in the International System

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.

Klappentext

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.

Zusammenfassung

"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.

Inhalt
Acknowledgements - The Contributors - Introduction; J.M.Kirk & A.R.M.Ritter - THE DOMESTIC CONTEXT: ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CHALLENGES - Cuban Nationalism and Political Democracy Towards the Twenty-First Century; M.Perez-Stable - Cuba, Castro, Clinton and Canosa; A.Zimbalist - 'Apertura' and Reform of the Cuban Economy: the Institutional Transformations, 1990-93; P.Monreal & M.Rua del Llano - Prospective Dollar Remittances and the Cuban Economy; C.Mesa-Lago - CUBA'S INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: RECONSIDERATION AND REDESIGN - Cuba's Current Integration into the International and Hemispheric Systems; J.M.Feinsilver - Cuba's Foreign Policy in the 'Special Period'; L.S.Salazar - The International Reinsertion of Cuba: Emerging Scenarios; F.L.Delgado - Cuba's Evolving Caricom Connection; H.M.Erisman - The Canadian Position on Cuba: Unravelling the Paradox; J.M.Kirk - RESOLVING THE US-CUBAN IMPASSE - Cuban Security in the Post Cold War World: Old and New Challenges and Opportunities; C.Alzugaray - 'Conflict Resolution' between the United States and Cuba: Clarifications, Premises and Precautions; R.Hernandez - Clinton and Castro: Pragmatism or Paralysis; G.Gunn - Obstacles to Breaking the US-Cuban Deadlock; E.Gonzalez - Confidence Building Measures and a Cuba-United States Rapprochement; H.P.Klepak - US Subsidiary Trade with Cuba: Pre and Post the Cuban Democracy Act; D.R.Kaplowitz - The Compensation Issue in Cuban-United States Normalization: Who Compensates Whom, Why and How?; A.R.M.Ritter - Selected Bibliography -Index