Diplomacy Meets Migration: US Relations with Cuba during the Cold War, by Hideaki Kami

Philip Brenner

doi:10.1163/22134360-09303021

Abstract

Diplomacy Meets Migration: US Relations with Cuba during the Cold War, by Hideaki Kami

Highlights

Despite the last 60 years of hostility between Cuba and the United States, the two countries have repeatedly engaged in diplomatic negotiations
Even during the Trump administration, when relations became more tense than they were during the final two years of Barack Obama’s presidency, Cuban and U.S officials have met semi-annually to discuss implementation of the 1995 immigration accord. This phenomenon offers the rationale for the focus of Diplomacy Meets Migration, which examines the impact that migration and migrants had on Cuban-U.S relations during the Cold War
Hideaki Kami provides a richly detailed study of the relationship based on an extensive use of multicountry archives, memoirs, and interviews with some key decision makers

Summary

Introduction

Despite the last 60 years of hostility between Cuba and the United States, the two countries have repeatedly engaged in diplomatic negotiations. Even during the Trump administration, when relations became more tense than they were during the final two years of Barack Obama’s presidency, Cuban and U.S officials have met semi-annually to discuss implementation of the 1995 immigration accord.

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