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Cuban International Relations at 60

Reflections on Global Connections

Edited by Mervyn J. Bain and Chris Walker - Contributions by Mervyn J. Bain; Jeffrey DeLaurentis; H. Michael Erisman; Liliana Fernández Mollinedo; Adrian Hearn; Rafael Hernández; John M. Kirk; Peter Kornbluh; William LeoGrande; Robert L. Muse; Isaac Saney; Paolo Spadoni; Josefina Vidal and Chris Walker

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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Lexington Books
Pages: 306 • Trim: 6½ x 9⅜
978-1-7936-3018-6 • Hardback • May 2021 • $122.00 • (£94.00)
978-1-7936-3019-3 • eBook • May 2021 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
Series: Lexington Studies on Cuba
Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / General, Language Arts & Disciplines / International Communication, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Caribbean & Latin American Studies

Mervyn J. Bain is professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations and head of the School of Social Science at the University of Aberdeen, UK.

Chris Walker is researcher in the International Development Studies Department at Saint Mary's University, Canada.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Reflections on Cuba’s Global Connections (1959-2019)

Mervyn J. Bain and Chris Walker.

Part I: Cuban – U.S. Relations

Chapter 1 The Process of Rapprochement Between Cuba and the United States: Lessons Learnt.

Remarks at the “The Cuban Revolution at 60” conference. Dalhousie University, Halifax, October 31, 2019.

Josefina Vidal

Chapter 2 US-Cuban Relations: Personal Reflections. Remarks by Ambassador (ret.) Jeffrey DeLaurentis. Saturday, November 2, 2019

Jeffrey DeLaurentis

Chapter 3 Coercive Diplomacy or Constructive Engagement: Sixty Years of US Policy Toward Cuba

William LeoGrande

Chapter 4 The President has the Constitutional Power to Terminate the Embargo

Robert L. Muse

Chapter 5 [Re]Searching for the ‘Havana Syndrome’

Peter Kornbluh

Chapter 6 From Eisenhower to Trump: A Historical Summary of the US-Cuba Conflict (1959-2020)

Liliana Fernández Mollinedo

Part II: Cuba on the Global Stage

Chapter 7 Cuba is Africa, Africa is Cuba

Isaac Saney

Chapter 8 Cuba-Canada Relations: Challenges and Prospects

John Kirk

Chapter 9 Cuba-China Relations and the Construction of Socialism

Adrian H. Hearn and Rafael Hernández

Chapter 10 Cuba-European Union Relations. A Complex and Multifaceted Relationship

Liliana Fernández Mollinedo and Mervyn J. Bain

Chapter 11 Havana and Moscow; Now, the Future and the Shadow of the Past

Mervyn J. Bain

Chapter 12 Havana and Caracas: Counter-Hegemonic Cooperation and the Battle for Sovereignty

Chris Walker

Chapter 13 Cuba’s Struggling External Sector: Internal Challenges and Outside Factors

Paolo Spadoni

Chapter 14 Cuba as a Petropower? Foreign Relations Implications

H. Michael Erisman

Conclusions: Reflections on Cuba’s Global Connections

Mervyn J. Bain and Chris Walker

“At yet another crossroads for Cuba (coming to terms with both a post-Trump world and the human, economic and political costs of Covid-19), its global context could not be more relevant, even for a system that has always had to react rather than shape the world. This volume therefore is very apposite and invaluable at a key time, viewing Cuba's place in the present world through the eyes of some of the very best specialist experts in their fields, who bring us analysis with a mix of balanced perspectives and deep thought. One of the best of its kind.”


— Tony Kapcia, University of Nottingham


"How do we make sense of tiny Cuba’s against-the-odds-survival in a world dominated by hostile, competing superpowers? Or its leadership role in the global south? Or the surprising success of its foreign policy built on the unlikely foundation of medical internationalism? Cuban International Relations at 60 — bringing together the work of activists, ambassadors, experts and scholars of Cuba from around the world — will help readers better understand how Cuba has managed to punch so far above its weight in the world for more than 60 years."


— Stephen Kimber, University of King’s College


Cuban International Relations at 60

Reflections on Global Connections

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Hardback
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  • 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.

Details
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  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 306 • Trim: 6½ x 9⅜
    978-1-7936-3018-6 • Hardback • May 2021 • $122.00 • (£94.00)
    978-1-7936-3019-3 • eBook • May 2021 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
    Series: Lexington Studies on Cuba
    Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / General, Language Arts & Disciplines / International Communication, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Caribbean & Latin American Studies
Author
Author
  • Mervyn J. Bain is professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations and head of the School of Social Science at the University of Aberdeen, UK.

    Chris Walker is researcher in the International Development Studies Department at Saint Mary's University, Canada.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Table of Contents

    Introduction: Reflections on Cuba’s Global Connections (1959-2019)

    Mervyn J. Bain and Chris Walker.

    Part I: Cuban – U.S. Relations

    Chapter 1 The Process of Rapprochement Between Cuba and the United States: Lessons Learnt.

    Remarks at the “The Cuban Revolution at 60” conference. Dalhousie University, Halifax, October 31, 2019.

    Josefina Vidal

    Chapter 2 US-Cuban Relations: Personal Reflections. Remarks by Ambassador (ret.) Jeffrey DeLaurentis. Saturday, November 2, 2019

    Jeffrey DeLaurentis

    Chapter 3 Coercive Diplomacy or Constructive Engagement: Sixty Years of US Policy Toward Cuba

    William LeoGrande

    Chapter 4 The President has the Constitutional Power to Terminate the Embargo

    Robert L. Muse

    Chapter 5 [Re]Searching for the ‘Havana Syndrome’

    Peter Kornbluh

    Chapter 6 From Eisenhower to Trump: A Historical Summary of the US-Cuba Conflict (1959-2020)

    Liliana Fernández Mollinedo

    Part II: Cuba on the Global Stage

    Chapter 7 Cuba is Africa, Africa is Cuba

    Isaac Saney

    Chapter 8 Cuba-Canada Relations: Challenges and Prospects

    John Kirk

    Chapter 9 Cuba-China Relations and the Construction of Socialism

    Adrian H. Hearn and Rafael Hernández

    Chapter 10 Cuba-European Union Relations. A Complex and Multifaceted Relationship

    Liliana Fernández Mollinedo and Mervyn J. Bain

    Chapter 11 Havana and Moscow; Now, the Future and the Shadow of the Past

    Mervyn J. Bain

    Chapter 12 Havana and Caracas: Counter-Hegemonic Cooperation and the Battle for Sovereignty

    Chris Walker

    Chapter 13 Cuba’s Struggling External Sector: Internal Challenges and Outside Factors

    Paolo Spadoni

    Chapter 14 Cuba as a Petropower? Foreign Relations Implications

    H. Michael Erisman

    Conclusions: Reflections on Cuba’s Global Connections

    Mervyn J. Bain and Chris Walker

Reviews
Reviews
  • “At yet another crossroads for Cuba (coming to terms with both a post-Trump world and the human, economic and political costs of Covid-19), its global context could not be more relevant, even for a system that has always had to react rather than shape the world. This volume therefore is very apposite and invaluable at a key time, viewing Cuba's place in the present world through the eyes of some of the very best specialist experts in their fields, who bring us analysis with a mix of balanced perspectives and deep thought. One of the best of its kind.”


    — Tony Kapcia, University of Nottingham


    "How do we make sense of tiny Cuba’s against-the-odds-survival in a world dominated by hostile, competing superpowers? Or its leadership role in the global south? Or the surprising success of its foreign policy built on the unlikely foundation of medical internationalism? Cuban International Relations at 60 — bringing together the work of activists, ambassadors, experts and scholars of Cuba from around the world — will help readers better understand how Cuba has managed to punch so far above its weight in the world for more than 60 years."


    — Stephen Kimber, University of King’s College


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