Mervyn J. Bain is professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations and head of the School of Social Science at the University of Aberdeen, UK. Chris Walker is researcher in the International Development Studies Department at Saint Mary's University, Canada.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction: Reflections on Cuba’s Global Connections (1959-2019)Mervyn J. Bain and Chris Walker. Part I: Cuban – U.S. RelationsChapter 1 The Process of Rapprochement Between Cuba and the United States: Lessons Learnt.Remarks at the “The Cuban Revolution at 60” conference. Dalhousie University, Halifax, October 31, 2019.Josefina Vidal Chapter 2 US-Cuban Relations: Personal Reflections. Remarks by Ambassador (ret.) Jeffrey DeLaurentis. Saturday, November 2, 2019Jeffrey DeLaurentisChapter 3 Coercive Diplomacy or Constructive Engagement: Sixty Years of US Policy Toward CubaWilliam LeoGrande Chapter 4 The President has the Constitutional Power to Terminate the EmbargoRobert L. MuseChapter 5 [Re]Searching for the ‘Havana Syndrome’Peter KornbluhChapter 6 From Eisenhower to Trump: A Historical Summary of the US-Cuba Conflict (1959-2020)Liliana Fernández Mollinedo Part II: Cuba on the Global Stage Chapter 7 Cuba is Africa, Africa is CubaIsaac Saney Chapter 8 Cuba-Canada Relations: Challenges and Prospects John KirkChapter 9 Cuba-China Relations and the Construction of Socialism Adrian H. Hearn and Rafael Hernández Chapter 10 Cuba-European Union Relations. A Complex and Multifaceted RelationshipLiliana Fernández Mollinedo and Mervyn J. BainChapter 11 Havana and Moscow; Now, the Future and the Shadow of the PastMervyn J. BainChapter 12 Havana and Caracas: Counter-Hegemonic Cooperation and the Battle for SovereigntyChris WalkerChapter 13 Cuba’s Struggling External Sector: Internal Challenges and Outside FactorsPaolo SpadoniChapter 14 Cuba as a Petropower? Foreign Relations ImplicationsH. Michael ErismanConclusions: Reflections on Cuba’s Global ConnectionsMervyn J. Bain and Chris Walker

“At yet another crossroads for Cuba (coming to terms with both a post-Trump world and the human, economic and political costs of Covid-19), its global context could not be more relevant, even for a system that has always had to react rather than shape the world. This volume therefore is very apposite and invaluable at a key time, viewing Cuba's place in the present world through the eyes of some of the very best specialist experts in their fields, who bring us analysis with a mix of balanced perspectives and deep thought. One of the best of its kind.”