Diplomatic Breakthrough: Politics, Reform, and Trust in the Restoration of US-Cuba Relations
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: What explains the re-establishment of US-Cuba relations under President Barack Obama and President Raúl Castro? Conventional wisdom points to public opinion shifts within the Cuban-American community and domestic reform within Cuba. These two factors, while important, are insufficient to account for the re-establishment of US-Cuba relations. This thesis argues that the development of a working trust between Obama and Castro was critical to diplomatic breakthrough. Decades of hostility fueled a deep mistrust between the United States and Cuba. As this thesis details, Obama and Castro communicated a series of cooperative and trust-building signals – aided by Pope Francis and the Catholic Church – that allowed diplomatic breakthrough to emerge.
Source: Stanford Digital Repository
DOI: 10.25740/tk443vt7434
Authors: Garcia, Samuel David, Stanford University, Program in International Relations, Magaloni, Beatriz
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6926920696
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