Policy Objective and Options under a Leverage Strategy Toward Cuba.

Abstract

This study begins by assessing the Cuban challenge to U.S. security and foreign policy interests, the range of objectives that U.S. policy toward Cuba should strive for in the 1980s, and the accomplishments as well as failures of recent U.S. policy toward Castro. The study then examines two conventional policy alternatives, the punitive and conciliatory approaches, with regard to their respective strengths and weaknesses in advancing U.S. objectives toward Cuba. Finally, the concluding part of the study explores the way in which the United States might devise and apply a long-term strategy for gaining increased leverage against Cuba and, directly or indirectly, the Soviet Union, with the aim of promoting a range of minimum-maximum objectives toward Cuba in the 1980s. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA105733

Entities

People

  • Edward Gonzalez

Organizations

  • foreign affairs ministry

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Central America
  • Department Of State
  • El Salvador
  • Employment
  • Foreign Policy
  • Foreign Relations
  • Governments
  • International Conflicts
  • International Law
  • International Relations
  • Military Operations
  • Military Personnel
  • National Politics
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Systems
  • Terrorists
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Strategic Security Studies