International Relations

Military interventions in Latin America

June 16, 2011

The Center for Strategic and International Studies released a report (pdf) this month on military coups in Latin America entitled: Constitutional Coups? Military Interventions in Latin America, authored by Howard Wiarda and Hilary Collins, both from CSIS’ Americas Program. Wiarda is also professor of International Relations at the University of Georgia and has an ample body [...]

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Lying in international politics

January 16, 2011

International Relations scholar John Mearsheimer from the University of Chicago has written a new book about lying between nations. Mearsheimer (one of the foremost thinkers of the realist school in IR) terms strategic cover-up as the type of lie a government may tell so it can pursue a wise but unpopular policy. For example: After the Cuban [...]

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Cuba has no interest in a new Russian presence

August 5, 2008

Radio Netherlands examines Russian interest in restoring its military base in Cuba and the Cuban government’s lack of interest: Cuba itself has already made it fairly clear that there’s no question of a renewed Russian military colonialism. The country is still sore at the fact that the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 brought [...]

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Russia Should Restore Its Positions in Cuba

August 4, 2008

Interfax via BBC Monitoring: Chairman of the Russian government [Prime Minister] Vladimir Putin believes that Russia should restore its positions [as received] in Cuba. “We need to restore our positions in both Cuba and in other countries,” Putin said at a meeting of the government presidium today. Putin heard a report from Deputy Prime Minister [...]

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Crazy Ivans in Cuban waters

July 25, 2008

Stratfor provides analysis about the current strategic issue in the Western Hemisphere and poses the question: what about subs instead of planes in Cuba? Summary With rumors flying (along with subsequent denials) about the potential stationing of Russian military aircraft in Cuba, there is another possibility: the stationing of Russian submarines. It would be a [...]

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Revival of 4th Fleet

July 16, 2008

Via VOA: The U.S. military is reviving a naval command for the Latin America and the Caribbean region, which has not been active since World War II. Officials say the re-establishment of the Fourth Fleet does not change the Navy’s mission in the area. But VOA’s Brian Wagner reports some regional leaders fear it will [...]

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