For longtime observers of Cuba-U.S. relations, D-17 has become universally recognized as shorthand for the date in 2014 that Presidents Barack Obama and Ra繳l Castro appeared on television simultaneously to announce their intention to restore diplomatic ties and endeavor to normalize relations between their countries.
The essays presented in the Implications of Normalization forum, sponsored by CLALS泭and the at the Social Science Research Council, delve more deeply into the ramifications of changes in U.S.-Cuba relations. The analyses泭encompass a variety of themes, ranging from U.S.-Cuba relations to hemispheric dynamics to the consequences for ongoing political, societal, and economic change in Cuba. We encourage readers to download and distribute them widely.
For an in-depth introduction to this web forum, please see this short essay from CLALS Director Eric Hershberg.
In May 2016, a revised version of the collection was published by Palgrave MacMillan as .
Essays
- Holly Ackerman
Post D-17 and Processes of Cuban National Reconciliation - Philip Brenner
Establishing, Not Restoring, Normal Relations between the United States and Cuba - Frederick Z. Brown
Cuba, Vietnam, and Normalization - Vegard Bye
The End of "Plattismo"? - Carlos Cia簽o Zanetti
Capablanca vs. Bobby Fisher y el ajedrez pol穩tico Cuba-USA - Ted A. Henken and Gabriel Vignoli
Enterprising Cuba: Citizen Empowerment, State Abandonment, or U.S. Business Opportunity? - Bert Hoffmann
A S羹dpolitik made in Washington? - William M. LeoGrande
The End of the Bogeyman: The Political Repercussions of the U.S.-Cuban Rapprochement - Arturo Lopez-Levy
Cuba-EE.UU: El 17 de Diciembre en la l籀gica de las relaciones asim矇tricas - Emily Morris
How Will U.S.-Cuban Normalization Affect Economic Policy in Cuba? - Louis A. P矇rez, Jr.
The United States Reengages Cuba: The Habit of Power - Marifeli P矇rez-Stable
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Andreas Pickel
The End of a Failed Foreign Policy: The U.S.-Cuba System on the Threshold of a New Era - Andr矇s Serbin泭
Onstage or Backstage?: Latin America and U.S.-Cuban Relations泭 - Ana Serra
Views from Cuba: How the New U.S.-Cuba Policy May Affect Cuban Literature and Film - Ricardo Torres
Una perspectiva comparada del acercamiento entre Cuba y Estados Unidos
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