Event Title
Why Have US-Cuban Relations Not Improved Since The End Of The Cold War?
Presentation Type
Poster/Portfolio
Presenter Major(s)
Political Science
Mentor Information
Andrew Schlewitz
Department
Area Studies - Latin American Studies
Location
Kirkhof Center KC 75
Start Date
10-4-2013 1:00 PM
End Date
10-4-2013 2:00 PM
Keywords
Changing Ideas/Changing Worlds, Freedom and Control, Globalization, Historical Perspectives, Human Rights, Social Science, World Perspective
Abstract
United States foreign policy has evolved since the end of Cold War era and there are currently formal diplomatic relations between the US and many former Communist States. The modern US stance on Cuba, however, remains almost as stringent and rigid as it was during the height of the Cold War. There are still no formal diplomatic relations between the US and Cuba, and the US embargo against Cuba limits the flow of capital and people between the two nations. This study will be attempt to explain the hardened stance the US has taken on Cuba by analyzing primary government documents and secondary sources through three unique approaches to international relations. A better understanding of what lead to the deterioration of US-Cuban relations and why they have not improved in a number of decades may help lead toward a path of reconciliation.
Why Have US-Cuban Relations Not Improved Since The End Of The Cold War?
Kirkhof Center KC 75
United States foreign policy has evolved since the end of Cold War era and there are currently formal diplomatic relations between the US and many former Communist States. The modern US stance on Cuba, however, remains almost as stringent and rigid as it was during the height of the Cold War. There are still no formal diplomatic relations between the US and Cuba, and the US embargo against Cuba limits the flow of capital and people between the two nations. This study will be attempt to explain the hardened stance the US has taken on Cuba by analyzing primary government documents and secondary sources through three unique approaches to international relations. A better understanding of what lead to the deterioration of US-Cuban relations and why they have not improved in a number of decades may help lead toward a path of reconciliation.