1st Edition

Cuba’s Foreign Policy in Global Solidarity Organizations Towards a Revolutionary World Order

By Lasse B. Lassen Copyright 2025
280 Pages 39 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

280 Pages 39 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

280 Pages 39 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book analyzes the influence of the Cuban Revolutionary Government on the evolution of the Afro-Asian Peoples’ Solidarity Organization (AAPSO). The author argues that Cuba’s accession to AAPSO and the convocation of two solidarity conferences (1966/1967) in Havana initiated a political shift for the organization. The Cuban Revolutionary Government thus promoted the inclusion of Latin American... Read more

1. Introduction: The Havana Connection – Analyzing Cuba’s Cold War Network; 2. The International Context (1955–1965): AAPSO, Decolonization, and the Cold War; 3. The “Castro Doctrine”: Shaping an Antihegemonic Foreign Policy Paradigm; 4. The Tricontinental Conference of Havana 1966: The Global Cuban Revolution; 5. The OLAS Conference of Havana 1967: The Apex of Latin American Radicalism; 6. Conclusion: The Cuban Revolution’s International Paradigm; 7. Appendices

Biography

Lasse B. Lassen, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, is a historian in contemporary history, whose research interests comprise 19th and 20th century Spanish and Latin American history. His expertise encompasses the history of authoritarian regimes in Spain, Argentina, Chile, and Cuba, as well as the history of the Cold War in Latin America. Currently he is affiliated with a research project at the University of Würzburg that analyzes the transitional justice processes in Spain, Argentina, and Chile in a transnational perspective (cf.<iberian-transitions.org>).