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(1994).
Transnational Relations and Regionalism in the Caribbean. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science,
533 (May), 139-150.
Keyword(s): Caribbean Countries, NGOs, Regionalism, Transnational Relations, US, US-Caribbean Relations
Question(s) addressed by the author and working arguments
Even the article examines some of the transnational relationships in the Caribbean, it is not optimistic about the disappearance any time soon of the linguistic, ethnocultural and political barriers that have historically kept the Caribbean balkanized.
Since the 1960s the Caribbean Basin has been undergoing a process of subregional differentiation within the hemisphere, as a result of a particular geopolitical, economic, and political dynamic. Transnational relations between the peoples of the countries In the region have, until just recently, been limited and difficult.
On the one hand, the end of the Cold War diminished the Caribbean Basin’s strategic importance and generated a radical shift in the regional security agenda traditionally imposed by extraregional actors. The resulting geopolitical vacuum at the regional level is causing increasing apprehension among Caribbean Basin actors. On the other hand, the process of increasing globalization and economic interdependence and the emergence of three blocs in the dynamics of the world economy, raise questions regarding the competitive and efficient insertion of the region’s states in the new international order.
Conceptual references to transnational – transnationalism
In contemporary Caribbean history, it is political parties that have contributed most to generating transnational interaction, based on ideological identification and political strategies that they have attempted, with generally limited success, to forge wider regional strategies and links.
Conclusions or Final Remarks
In contrast with the events of the Caribbean Basin’s past, this regional view is not restricted to specific sectors of the governmental, political, economic, and intellectual elite. Instead, it has grown and become more complex through the intervention of additional actors and the widening of transnational relations in the region, while expanding its focus to adapt to a broader perception of the region, its priority interests, and the new international context. A new regional view is emerging that is more complex and broader in scope and where the views generated by the various interests and strategies converge either antagonistically or complementarily, creating in turn a new fabric of regional transnational relations that transcends the traditional fragmentation that has historically characterized the Caribbean Basin.
