Cuban International Relations at 60: Reflections on Global Connections

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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 Cubas global engagement and foreign policy since January 1959 by focusing on the islands key international relationships and issues. Thisbooks first section focuseson Havanas complex relationship with Washington and its second section concentrates on Cubas 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 islands unique foreign policy. This books 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 islands global engagement. It concludes that Cubas 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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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.

Author Bio

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.