Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 314
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Trim: 6¼ x 9½
978-1-4422-7092-3 • Hardback • April 2018 • $111.00 • (£85.00)
978-1-4422-7093-0 • Paperback • April 2018 • $50.00 • (£38.00)
978-1-4422-7094-7 • eBook • April 2018 • $47.50 • (£37.00)
H. Michael Erisman is professor of international affairs at Indiana State University. John M. Kirk is professor of Latin American studies at Dalhousie University.
List of Figures and Tables
1. Historical Introduction to Foreign Policy under Raúl Castro
John M. Kirk
Part I: Key Issue Areas
2. The Defense Contribution to Foreign Policy: Crucial in the Past, Crucial Today
Hal Klepak
3. Cuba’s International Economic Relations: A Macroperspective on Performance and Challenges
H. Michael Erisman
4. The Evolution of Cuban Medical Internationalism
John M. Kirk
Part II: Cuba’s Regional Relations
5. Cuba and Latin America and the Caribbean
Andrés Serbin
6. Cuba and Africa: Recasting Old Relations in New but Familiar Ways
Isaac Saney
7. Cuba and Asia and Oceania
Pedro Monzón and Eduardo Regalado Florido
8. Cuba and the European Union
Susanne Gratius
9. Cuba, Oceania, and a “Canberra Spring”
Tim Anderson
Part III:Cuba’s Key Bilateral Relations
10. The United States and Cuba
William LeoGrande
11. Canada and Cuba
John M. Kirk and Raúl Rodríguez
12. Spain and Cuba
Joaquín Roy
13. Venezuela and Cuba
Carlos A. Romero
14. Brazil and Cuba
Regiane Nitsch Bressan
15. Russia and Cuba
Mervyn Bain
16. China and Cuba
Adrian H. Hearn and Rafael Hernández
Part IV: Retrospective and Prospective Views
17. Conclusion
H. Michael Erisman and John M. Kirk
Index
About the Contributors
It is perhaps impossible to comprehend recent developments in Cuba without understanding Cuban foreign relations. The latter task has been made much more transparent with the appearance of this splendid book. Rich with original insight and filled with new information, the collection offers perspectives and points of view unavailable anywhere else, from within Cuba and beyond. Erisman and Kirk are to be congratulated for the breadth and depth of their selections.
— Louis A. Pérez, Jr., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kirk and Erisman, longtime scholars of Cuban foreign policy, have put together an excellent volume analyzing the impact of President Raúl Castro's principled but pragmatic approach to Cuba's role in the world. Collectively, the contributions demonstrate the continued prominent role that Cuba plays in the world even as it faces renewed hostility from Washington.
— Gary Prevost, professor emeritus, College of St. Benedict and St. John's University
This work provides a superb overview of Cuban foreign policy in the more pragmatic period since Raúl Castro assumed power. Written by leading experts in their respective fields, this important book is required reading for all those who want to understand Cuba’s foreign relations in the post-Fidel era.
— Harry E. Vanden, professor emeritus, University of South Florida