Political Uncertainty in Post-Fidel Castro Cuba

Abstract

The United States and the nation of Cuba have maintained an adversarial relationship for over four decades. Since seizing power and establishing his revolutionary communist government, Fidel Castro has been an insoluble policy issue for ten U.S. presidents. At the height of the Cold War, Cuba's alliance with the Soviet Union brought the United States and the USSR to the brink of nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Migration from Cuba has been a continuous strain on United States-Cuba relations, dramatically impacting the demographics and politics of South Florida, and twice resulting in mass exoduses of Cubans. Throughout Castro's rule, the U.S. policy of diplomatic and economic isolation in order to promote regime change and democracy in Cuba has remained fundamentally unchanged. This paper examines U.S. policy options for a post-Castro Cuba.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 18, 2007
Accession Number
ADA467301

Entities

People

  • Jeffrey W. Dukes

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cold War
  • Commerce
  • Education
  • Failed States
  • Governments
  • Health Care
  • Human Rights
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Investments
  • Law
  • Market Economy
  • National Politics
  • Recreation
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

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