Foreign Policy Toward Cuba Isolation or Engagement?

by Zebich-Knos, Michele; Nicol, Heather; Basdeo, Sahadeo; Black, Jan Knippers; Chun, Sung-Chang; Friedman, Douglas; Gladwin, Hugh; Grant, Cedric; Grenier, Guillermo J.; Heindl, Brett; Kirk, John M.; Klepak, Hal; Marino, Soraya Castro; McKenna, Peter; Scherle

• ISBN13: 9780739112410
• ISBN10: 0739112414
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-09
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

Foreign Policy Toward Cuba is a timely exploration of the ways in which Cuba is understood in the Western Hemisphere. The book examines the depth of disagreement between different foreign policy-making communities, and the potential impacts of diverse national approaches--not just for Cuba, but for the whole Carribbean region.

Table of Contents

Figures	vii
Tables	ix
Preface	xi
Isolate or Engage? Divergent Approaches to Foreign Policy toward Cuba	1	(30)
Lana Wylie
U.S. Policy toward Cuba: Trends and Transformation during the George W. Bush Administration	31	(22)
Michele Zebich-Knos
The United States--Cuba Standoff: A Double Con?	53	(14)
Jan Knippers Black
Canada-Cuba Relations: Old Wine in New Bottles?	67	(20)
Peter McKenna
John M. Kirk
From Reasonable Steadiness to ``from Crisis to Crisis'': Mexico-Cuba Relations in the Post-Cold War Era	87	(20)
Hal Klepak
Cuba-CARICOM Relations since 1972: Challenge and Change in Regional Cooperation	107	(18)
Sahadeo Basdeo
Caribbean Community and Cuba Relations: Thirty Years Revisited	125	(14)
Cedric Grant
The Exile Ideology: Political Culture and Boundary Maintenance in the Cuban Enclave	139	(22)
Guillermo J. Grenier
Sung-Chang Chun
Hugh Gladwin
From Miami with Love: Transnational Political Activism in the Cuban Exile Community	161	(30)
Brett Heindl
The Cuba--United States Conflict: Notes for Reflection in the Context of the War against Terrorism	191	(34)
Soraya Castro Marino
Civil Society in Contemporary Cuba: U.S. Policy and the Cuban Reality	225	(18)
Douglas Friedman
``¡Venceremos!'' Castro's Discourse on Cuba's Foreign Policy	243	(18)
Renee G. Scherlen
A Clash of Perspectives? Some Conclusions about the ``Cuba Problem''	261	(8)
Heather N. Nicol
Index	269	(14)
About the Contributors	283