The United States of America and Cuba: World Structure and International Support for the Cuban Embargo

Author

• Michael Berg

Date of Award

2022

Document Type

Dissertation/Thesis

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

O’Brien, William

Abstract

With Fidel Castro’s takeover of the Cuban government in 1959, Cuba’s relationship with the United States deteriorated significantly. Since 1962, the United States has maintained a comprehensive trade embargo on the communist Caribbean state, despite criticism from the international community, including the closest partners of the only remaining superpower. As the most frequent imposer of economic sanctions, the United States has employed this coercive measure unilaterally on the Cuban government, ignoring calls from allies and adversaries alike to end the embargo. This thesis investigates the role that world structure has on support for the U.S. embargo against Cuba, and what implications this has on the future role the United States will play on the international stage as the world shifts to a multipolar world structure.

Comments

Thesis (B.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, 2022

Recommended Citation

Berg, Michael, "The United States of America and Cuba: World Structure and International Support for the Cuban Embargo" (2022). Harriet L Wilkes Honors College Theses 2020 - Present. 147.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_honors/147

Extent

45 p.

Identifier

FAUHT00187