The Central American Security System

Preface; Map of the Caribbean Basin area; Part I. The Problem at the Interstate Level: 1. Security: the issues Peter Calvert and Ian Forbes; 2. The Caribbean as a focus for strategic and resource rivalry Paul Sutton; 3. Challenges to security in Central America and the Caribbean Peter Calvert; 4. The 1990s: politics, drugs and migrants George Philip; Part II. The Problem at the State Level: 5. Cuba: a client state Alistair Hennessy; 6. Nicaraguan security perceptions Eduardo Crawley; 7. The security of small Caribbean states: a case-study of Jamaican experiences in the 1970s Caroline Thomas and Julian Saurin; 8. United States' security perceptions Martin C. Needler; Part III. Solutions: 9. The militarization of the Commonwealth Caribbean Tony Thorndike; 10. Pacification, security and democracy: Contadora's role in Central America Esperanza Durán; 11. Problems and policies: an agenda for the 1990s Peter Calvert; Index.