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 Raúl 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 the Center for Latin American & Latino Studies at American University and the Cuba Program at the Social Science Research Council, delve more deeply into the ramifications of changes in U.S.-Cuba relations. The analyses 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 A New Chapter in US-Cuba Relations: Social, Political, and Economic Implications.
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 Ciaño Zanetti
Capablanca vs. Bobby Fisher y el ajedrez político Cuba-USA - Ted A. Henken and Gabriel Vignoli
Enterprising Cuba: Citizen Empowerment, State Abandonment, or U.S. Business Opportunity? - Bert Hoffmann
A Südpolitik 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 lógica de las relaciones asimétricas - Emily Morris
How Will U.S.-Cuban Normalization Affect Economic Policy in Cuba? - Louis A. Pérez, Jr.
The United States Reengages Cuba: The Habit of Power - Marifeli Pérez-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 - Andrés Serbin
Onstage or Backstage?: Latin America and U.S.-Cuban Relations - 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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