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    Cuba and U.S. strategy

    Moderator
    Krogh, Peter F. (Peter Frederic)
    Repository
    DigitalGeorgetown
    Person Interviewed
    Mujal-León, Eusebio
    Hamilton, John
    Abstract
    Examines U.S. policy towards Cuba following the end of the Cold War and the decline of Cuba as a threat to American national security.
    Description
    In 1959 a young revolutionary named Fidel Castro swept to power in Cuba, ushering in an era of communist government and anti-American policies. During the Cold War, communist Cuba served as an aggressive surrogate for the Soviet Union, sparking such incidents as the Cuban Missile Crisis. American attempts to rid Cuba of communism through military intervention, covert operations, and a unilateral embargo all failed. Far from buckling under American pressure, Cuba remained a stable outpost of communism, and Castro actively supported communist movements in Latin America and Africa. Following the end of the Cold War and the loss of Soviet financial support, tensions between the U.S. and Cuba eased significantly. Nonetheless, occasional flare-ups between the two nations persisted, such as a 1996 incident in which the Cuban Air Force shot down two planes carrying Cuban-American Exiles, setting off a new round of recriminations and anti-Cuban legislation in the United States. Given the end of the Cold War and the decline of Cuba as a national security threat, why should the U.S. care about Cuba? If the U.S. should care, through what means should it advance American interests? In this episode, host Peter Krogh sits down with Dr. Eusebio Mujal-León, Chair of the Government Department at Georgetown University, and John Hamilton, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Central America, the Caribbean, and Cuba, to discuss American foreign policy towards Cuba.
    Permanent Link
    http://hdl.handle.net/10822/552532
    Date
    1998
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    Subject
    Economic sanctions, American -- Cuba; Cuba -- Politics and government -- 1990-; United States -- Foreign relations -- Cuba; Cuba -- Foreign relations -- United States; International Diplomacy; Cold War; Cuba Trade Embargo; Cuba Travel Restrictions;
    Location
    Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean; Cuba;
    Publisher
    The Kentucky Network
     
    Georgetown University. School of Foreign Service
     
    Foreign Policy Association
     
    Extent
    28 min.
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