Security in the Caribbean Basin: The Challenge of Regional Cooperation

Since the end of the Cold War, the security environment of the Caribbean Basin has dramatically changed from the containment of communism to a series of transnational threats—drug trafficking, migratory flows, economic crises, natural disasters—that demand cooperative, multilateral policies. This in turn, argue the authors of Security in the Caribbean Basin, calls for a redefinition of such basic concepts as sovereignty and the nature of national and regional security interests, and a reevaluation of such basic issues as the role of the military in a democracy and the nature of the region's ties to the United States.

Addressing these concerns, and offering both scholarly analysis and operational perspectives, the authors provide a theoretical and practical framework for the development of a more cooperative security system in the region.

• Introduction: U.S. and Caribbean Security Concerns in the Post–Cold War Era—the Editors.
• THE POST-COLD WAR CARIBBEAN SECURITY AGENDA.
• Changing Definitions of "Social Problems" in the Caribbean—A.P. Maingot.
• The United States and the Caribbean at Fin de Siècle: A Time of Transitions—H. Garcia-Muñiz.
• The New Security Agenda in the Caribbean: The Challenge of Cooperation—F. Rojas-Aravena.
• Cooperation in the Caribbean: The Cultural Dimension—R. Hernández.
• NONTRADITIONAL THREATS TO CARIBBEAN SECURITY.
• The Fear of Illegal Aliens: Caribbean Migration as a National and Regional Security Threat—J. Duany.
• Migration and Regional Security: Besieged Borders and Caribbean Diasporas—L. Bobea.
• Drugs and the Emerging Security Agenda in the Caribbean—I.L. Griffith.
• Initiatives for Cooperative Regional Security: Reintegrating Cuba into Regional Projects—I. Jaramillo Edwards.
• TOWARD A COOPERATIVE SECURITY FRAMEWORK: PRACTITIONERS' VIEWS.
• Toward a New Political Framework for Migration in the Caribbean—R.L. Bach. Initiatives for Cooperative Regional Security: The Eastern Caribbean Regional Security System—R. Lewis.
• The Cooperative Agenda of the U.S. Armed Forces in the Caribbean—T. Keck.
• The New Caribbean Security Agenca—W. Vos.
• A Call for the Redefinition of Regional and National Interests—J.E. Noble Espejo.
• Maritime Counter Narcotic Agreements: The Cop on the Beat—R. Beardsworth.
• CONCLUSION.
• Looking Ahead: Regional Relations in the Post-Cold War Era—the Editors.