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The new Cold War, China, and the Caribbean : economic statecraft, China and strategic realignments / Scott B. MacDonald.

9783031061493 (electronic bk.)
3031061497 (electronic bk.)
9783031061486
3031061489

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.

English

1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations

10.1007/978-3-031-06149-3 doi

DS740.5.C27

327.510729

This book examines the slide into a new Cold War in the Caribbean. The primary argument is that the Caribbeans geopolitics have shifted from a period of relative great power disinterest in the aftermath of the Cold War to a gradual movement into a new Cold War in which a global rivalry between the U.S. and China is acted out regionally. The result of this is a gradual polarization of countries in the Caribbean as they are increasingly pressured to choose between Washington and Beijing (this being very evident during the Trump years). It can be argued that the U.S. focus on the Caribbean in the late 1990s through the early 21st century diminished, leaving the region open to a China ready and eager to do business and guided by a diverse set of objectives. The book brings the reader into a discussion on international relations with a main focus on U.S.-Chinese relations being played out in the Caribbean, an important strategic region for the North American country. Scott B. MacDonald is the Chief Economist for Smith's Research & Gradings, a Global Americans Research Fellow, and a founding member and Fellow of the Caribbean Policy Consortium.

Includes index.

References -- 3 China, Venezuela, and Cuba: The New Cold War? -- Putting Venezuela into Context -- The Best of Times and the Worst of Times -- The Ties That Bind -- China, Cuba, and the New Cold War -- Defining China's Role in Cuba -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 China and the English-Speaking Caribbean and Suriname -- Better in the Bahamas? -- Trinidad and Tobago-Realpolitik and Mutual Interests -- Guyana -- Jamaica -- Suriname -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Caribbean States and the New Landscape -- The Return of Geopolitics and the Caribbean -- China's Economic Statecraft-A Sentiment Shaper
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