"While scrutinizing the principle pressures and influences of Cuba's key international relationships and issues, Cuban International Relations at 60 examines the island's global engagement and foreign policy since January 1959 by bringing together the perspectives of leading experts and personal accounts of two ambassadors"--.

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Introduction: Reflections on Cuba’s Global Connections (1959–2019)
  • Structure of Book
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
• Part I: Cuban–U.S. Relations
• Chapter 1: The Process of Rapprochement Between Cuba and the United States—Lessons Learned: Remarks by Ambassador Josefina Vidal at “The Cuban Revolution at 60” Conference, Dalhousie University, Halifax, October 31, 2019
  • Here Are My Thoughts
  • Reversibility of the Process under Trump
• Chapter 2: U.S.–Cuban Relations—Personal Reflections: Remarks by Ambassador (ret.) Jeffrey DeLaurentis, Saturday, November 2, 2019
  • How Did We Get Here?
  • Negotiating the Reestablishment of Diplomatic Relations
  • The Obama Visit
  • Blowback/Backlash
  • Note
• Chapter 3: Coercive Diplomacy or Constructive Engagement: Sixty Years of U.S. Policy toward Cuba
  • From Dwight D. Eisenhower to George W. Bush: Fifty Years of Coercive Diplomacy
  • Barack Obama: Constructive Engagement
  • Donald Trump: A Return to Coercive Diplomacy
  • Coercion or Engagement: A Balance Sheet
  • Bibliography
• Chapter 4: The President Has the Constitutional Power to Terminate the Embargo
  • Introduction
  • An Attempted Congressional Usurpation of U.S.-Cuba Policy from the President
  • The Lesson for the Trump Administration in the Failed “Codification” of the Embargo on Cuba
  • President Clinton’s Helms-Burton Act Signing Statement
  • An Impermissible Legislative Veto
  • Members of Congress Do Not Have the “Standing” to Challenge a Presidential Termination of the Embargo on Cuba
  • Judicial Deference to Presidential Exercises of the Office’s Foreign Affairs Prerogative
  • The Political Question Doctrine
  • International Law Is the Law of the United States and U.S. Courts Refuse to Act Contrary to That Body of Law
  • How the Embargo May Be Terminated
  • The President Lifts the Embargo: What Happens Next?
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
• Chapter 5: [Re]Searching for the “Havana Syndrome”
  • “Sonic Attacks”
  • Microwave/Radiowave Weapons
  • Mass Hysteria
  • Still Searching for Answers
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
• Chapter 6: From Eisenhower to Trump: A Historical Summary of the U.S.-Cuba Conflict (1959–2020)
  • U.S.-Cuba during the Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson Administrations
  • From the Ephemeral Détente to Confrontation: The Ups and Downs of Policy toward Cuba
  • The U.S.-Cuba Confrontation in the Transition Period of the New International (Dis)Order (1989–2000)
  • George W. Bush’s “Fight Against Terrorism” and its Impact on Cuba (2001–2008)
  • US-Cuba: The Winds of Change (2009–2016)
  • “America First”: The Destruction of the Bridge and the Setbacks on U.S.-Cuba Relations (2017–2020)
  • Bibliography
• Part II: Cuba on the Global Stage
• Chapter 7: Cuba Is Africa, Africa Is Cuba
  • Weight of History
  • Angola and Apartheid’s Demise
  • Saving African Lives
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
• Chapter 8: Cuba–Canada Relations: Challenges and Prospects
  • Canada and the Early Years of the Cuban Revolutionary Process
  • The Apex of Bilateral Relations: The Trudeau Years (1968–1984)
  • Mixed Signals: From Brian Mulroney to Jean Chrétien (1984–2003)
  • The Nadir of Canada-Cuba Relations: The Harper Years (2006–2015)
  • “Canada Is Back”: Justin Trudeau and Canada-Cuba Relations Since 2015
  • Concluding Remarks
  • Note
  • Bibliography
• Chapter 9: Cuba–China Relations and the Construction of Socialism
  • Sino-Cuban Economic Relations in Political Context
  • Saving Socialism
  • Surveying Chinese Perspectives
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
• Chapter 10: Cuba–European Union Relations: A Complex and Multifaceted Relationship
  • Cold War Relations
  • Post–Cold War Relations
  • Conclusions
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
• Chapter 11: Havana and Moscow: Now, the Future, and the Shadow of the Past
  • Contemporary Cuban-Russian Relations
  • Cuban and Russian Foreign Policies
  • Cuban-Russian Relations in the Post–Soviet Era
  • January 1959 to December 1991
  • Conclusions
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
• Chapter 12: Havana and Caracas: Counter-Hegemonic Cooperation and the Battle for Sovereignty
  • Introduction
  • Neoliberalism, Hegemony, and Counter-Hegemony
  • Hard Power, Soft Power, and the War on Ideas
  • Pre-Chávez: SAPs and Inequality
  • Chávez, Vargas, and the Rise of the Chavistas
  • South-South Solidarity Takes Off
  • ALBA and Counter-Power
  • Dissent from Within
  • Hard Power: The 2002 Coup, Sanctions, Embargos, and Oil
  • Through Thick and Thin: Politicization, Polarization, and Dollarization
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
• Chapter 13: Cuba’s Struggling External Sector: Internal Challenges and Outside Factors
  • Introduction
  • Structural Changes and Current Conditions
  • Principal Challenges
  • A Triple Punch: Venezuela, Trump, and the Coronavirus
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
• Chapter 14: Cuba as a Petropower?: Foreign Relations Implications*
  • Cuba’s Evolving Petroleum Profile
  • Technological Challenges
  • Foreign Relations Implications
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
• Conclusion: Reflections on Cuba’s Global Connections
  • Note
• Index
• About the Editors and Contributors
  • About the Editors
  • About the Contributors