In this document, we find answers to the questions: To what extent did the particular situation of Cuba in the post Second World War era influence the international relations theory? According to the current international relations theory, what are the perspectives for Cuba today? International relations theory is likely to be a functional tool of comprehension of world politics, but it is also to some extent, a result of world politics. In fact, it appears that the Cuban crisis was a turning point in the Cold War and in international relations in general. The modification of the international relation system at the time gave rise to new analysis, leading to new international relations theories. This sequence was even more important after the USSR collapsed and brought an end to the Cold War. The Cuban foreign policy had a major role in shaping the international relation system all along the second half of the twentieth century and participated in elaborating new international relations theories. The actual situation in Cuba is also of great interest. Since the 1960s, the world evolved with Cuba which was still stuck in the same internal situation it was during the Cold War and the same political regime leaded by Fidel Castro.
[...] Superposing the Cuban change of side there is a tense worldwide context. II) This leads to the Cuban crisis, a major turning point in international relations, and in consequences, in international relations theories. The Cuban missiles crisis appears to match the realism theory. Consequences regarding international relations. International relations theories evolved from this event. III) The consequences of the crisis on the Cuban international relations made Cuba a quite isolated state, but not for long considering the likely perspective of the death of Fidel Castro. [...]
[...] Kennedy in 1962. With L.B. Johnson, relations began to thaw, and a dialogue was open. In the seventies, several progresses were made in reaction to a series of plane high jacking, resulting to cooperation, and official visits even started to develop. But with the Reagan administration, the Cold War was back, and so was Cuba's situation. The embargo was toughened, including a travel ban and an interdiction to spend money in Cuba. Thus the Cuban position in international relations was not very comfortable ever since the Cuban missile crisis, still ignored by the United States and gently slipping away from the Soviet Union. [...]
[...] In a Neo-Marxist view, the United States attitude obeys to the dependency theory. As a wealthy state of the center, it penetrated Cuba's economy since 1898, buying land trough the American firm “Island of Cuba Real Estate Company”. In of the Cuban sugar industry was owned by Americans. The Batista times appeared to be the symbol of U.S. domination over the Cuban economy. Following a realist, or neo-realist approach, the U.S.A. established a particular link with Cuba based on a total dependency of the island. [...]
[...] At this point, Cuba became a completely independent state, and as so, according to almost every IR theory, could figure out a way of entering the international relations system as a full actor in an anarchic world structure. This situation is enforced in 1959 when U.S. president Eisenhower recognized the new government and the sovereignty of Cuba. While this action cannot be fully explained by realism nor by neo-realism, it illustrate fairly well the English School theory of a society of states despite a widespread anarchic structure, beginning with a mutual recognition of the sovereignty of the states. If Cuba became independent, the U.S. [...]
[...] J. de Nardo. The Elusive Balance: Power and Perceptions during the Cold War. W.C. Wohlfurth The Cuban Missile Crisis. M. White. To make a world safe for revolutions: Cuba's Foreign Policy. J. Domingez. [...]
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