Diplomatic Breakthrough: Politics, Reform, and Trust in the Restoration of US-Cuba Relations

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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.

Type of resource	text
Date created	2018

Author	Garcia, Samuel David
Primary advisor	Magaloni, Beatriz
Degree granting institution	Stanford University, Program in International Relations

Subject	Cuba
Subject	Obama
Subject	Castro
Subject	Pope Francis
Subject	Diplomatic Trust
Subject	Program in International Relations
Genre	Thesis

Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/tk443vt7434

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Preferred Citation: Garcia, Samuel D. (2018). "Diplomatic Breakthrough: Politics, Reform, and Trust in the Restoration of US-Cuba Relations." Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/tk443vt7434

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