Latin American and Caribbean Foreign Policy

Frank O. Mora, formerly professor of national security strategy at the National War College, National Defense University, is deputy assistant secretary of defense_western hemisphere. Jeanne A. K. Hey is director of international studies and associate professor of political science at Miami University of Ohio.

[This book] is easy to read, and accessible in approach and style, while maintaining a degree of analytical rigor that is impressive for such a wide-ranging work. As a textbook it will undoubtedly be an invaluable resource to students of a number of disciplines.

• Chapter 1 Introduction: Theoretical Challenge to Latin American and Caribbean Foreign Policy StudiesPart 2 Middle America and the Caribbean BasinChapter 3 Mexico: The Challenges of a Latin American Power in the U.S. BackyardChapter 4 Costa Rica: Neither Client nor DefiantChapter 5 Nicaragua: Foreign Policy in the Revolutionary and Post-Revolutionary EraChapter 6 Panama: The Limits of SovereigntyChapter 7 Cuba: Talking Big, Acting BiggerChapter 8 The Dominican Republic: From Nationalism to GlobalismChapter 9 CARICOM: The Pursuit of Economic SecurityPart 10 Andean RegionChapter 11 Venezuela: Petroleum, Democratization, and International AffairsChapter 12 Colombia: U.S. Subordinate, Autonomous Actor, or Something in Between?Chapter 13 Ecuador: Foreign Policy on the BrinkChapter 14 Peru: Managing Foreign Policy amidst Political and Economic CrisisChapter 15 Bolivia: The Struggle for AutonomyChapter 16 Chile: The Invisible Hand and Contemporary Foreign PolicyPart 17 Brazil and the Southern ConeChapter 18 Brazil: From Dependency to GlobalizationChapter 19 Argentina: Between Confrontation and AlignmentChapter 20 Paraguay: The Legacy of AuthoritarianismChapter 21 Uruguay: A Small Country Faces Global Challenges