Author: Carl StonePublisher: Philadelphia : Institute for the Study of Human Issues
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Power in the Caribbean Basin
Author: Carl StonePublisher: Philadelphia : Institute for the Study of Human Issues
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Imperial Power and Regional Trade
Author: Abigail B. BakanPublisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN: 0889208867
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
The election of Ronald Reagan as President of the United States in November 1980 opened a new chapter in international relations; U.S. foreign policy shifted from an alliance-based, consensual approach to one based on a more overt use of its immense economic and, above all, military power. This policy entailed some stark choices for the U.S.A.’s allies and neighbours and, above all, for the small countries of Central America and the Caribbean. This revealing book tells the story of the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI), through which the new assertion of U.S. hegemony in the region was expressed. The CBI entitled “friendly” countries of the region (i.e., excluding Cuba, pre-invasion Grenada and Nicaragua) to military and economic aid plus incentives, modelled on the so-called “Puerto Rican miracle,” so as to reorient their trade towards the U.S.A. The authors carefully compare the claims made for the CBI with its underlying political objectives and examine its actual impact on regional development through detailed case studies of the Eastern Caribbean and Trinidad. Also examined are the impact of the CBI on Caribbean regional integration and the responses of Canada and Britain, the two other major countries with long-standing political and economic interests in the Caribbean. What emerges from this investigation is the way the CBI reflects the U.S.A.’s historic quest for regional dominance, rather than a new era in Caribbean development.
Politics and Development in the Caribbean Basin
Author: Jean GrugelPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1349239755
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
This wide ranging thematic and comparative text analyses the origins and nature of the developmental and political crises of the region and the reasons for their recent intensification. It covers all the Central American states and the largest Caribbean island territories - Jamaica, Cuba, The Dominican Republic, Haiti and Puerto Rico - as well as Panama and Grenada, assessing their common experiences as small economies living in the shadow of the United States but also highlighting key differences.
The Power of American Foreign Policy in the Caribbean Basin Region
Author: Nadira GayanThe Caribbean Basin
Author: Graeme MountPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136141162
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
The Caribbean Basin: An International History provides a study of the entire Caribbean region, including Central America and the Caribbean coast of northern South America. It also offers analysis of: * the role of international intervention * the complex interaction among major world powers in the area * conflicts over colonial possessions and trade routes * Soviet-American confrontation in the Cold War years. Integrating the recent political, social and economic history of the Caribbean with its miltary and diplomatic past, this book charts the region's emergence from colonialism during the course of the twentieth century.
Imperial Power and Regional Trade
Author: Graham AdamsGeopolitics, Security, and U.S. Strategy in the Caribbean Basin
Author: David F. RonfeldtPublisher: RAND Corporation
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
This study examines some operational military issues involving the Caribbean Basin, and it reflects the broader concern that answers to operational military questions should depend heavily on answers to more fundamental questions about why and how the United States should be interested in this complex, unstable region. Based on an examination of current trends as well as historical experience since promulgation of the Monroe Doctrine, the study advances a conceptual framework that identifies underlying geostrategic principles for guiding U.S. policy in the Basin. The study then proposes specific measures for developing an integrated political, economic, and military strategy that would advance U.S. interests and meet the interests of Basin neighbors.
Regional Powers in the Caribbean Basin
Author: Bruce Michael BagleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Caribbean Area
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Western Interests and U.S. Policy Options in the Caribbean Basin
Author: James R. GreenePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Colossus Challenged
Author: H. Michael ErismanPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 042972487X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
In recent years the powerful and long-standing influence of the United States in the Caribbean and Central America has been challenged directly by Cuba, Mexico, and Venezuela and--many think--indirectly by the USSR. This struggle for dominance, which has altered and still is significantly changing the power configuration in the Caribbean Basin, is examined in detail in Colossus Challenged. The book contains seven chapters by prominent area specialists. Five of the chapters focus on the Caribbean policies of the major contenders for power, analyzing the evolution of each country's policies, the main variables affecting its definition of interests and its decision making, and its prospects for exerting regional influence in the foreseeable future. The other two chapters look at the rivalry for Caribbean influence from the perspectives of eastern Caribbean and Central American governments.