AMERICAN HÝBRIS1: US DEMOCRACY PROMOTION IN CUBA AFTER THE COLD WAR - PART

Cuba is probably one of the best examples of the significance of the democracy promotion discourse in US foreign policy: the efforts to democratise the island have been one of the main features in the US-Cuba bilateral relations since the end of the Cold War. Today, the Cuban embargo, after the codi...

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Published inThe international journal of Cuban studies Vol. 6; no. 2; p. 157
Main Author Badella, Alessandro
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Pluto Journals 01.07.2014
Subjects
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Democracy
Embargoes & blockades
Foreign policy
International relations
Jurisdiction
Cuba
United States > US
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Summary:Cuba is probably one of the best examples of the significance of the democracy promotion discourse in US foreign policy: the efforts to democratise the island have been one of the main features in the US-Cuba bilateral relations since the end of the Cold War. Today, the Cuban embargo, after the codifications of the 1990s, is intimately connected to a 'Cuban democratic future'. The main aim of this two-part article is to explore the rationale behind US decennial efforts to promote a peaceful democratic change on the island, while trying to answer some crucial questions about US strategy in Cuba. The first part deals with the security framework, and American economic interests in Cuba as a crucial push factor for democracy promotion, while the role of the Cuban-American community and the problems and perspectives of US strategy will be included in the second part, to be published in the next issue of the Journal.
ISSN:1756-3461
1756-347X