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The only living guerrillero in New York: Cuba and the brokerage power of a resilient revisionist state

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  • Rafael Mesquita

    (Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE))

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This article explores how weak countries deflect systemic pressure towards change and even succeed in preserving old institutions to their advantage. By expanding Goddard’s theory of embedded revisionism to smaller powers, the study identifies strategies these states deploy to improve access and brokerage. We use the UN General Assembly Sponsorship Dataset to locate multilateral brokers and, after detecting Cuba’s centrality in this arena, we proceed to a heuristic case study. Havana’s maneuvers to offset its vulnerability during and after the Cold War reveal a mix of structural, institutional, and compulsory power. Specifically, its renewal of the Non-Aligned Movement even after the end of bipolarity, its maintenance of autocracy amidst the pressures for democratization, and later support of radicalized Latin American leaders provide insight regarding unexpected sources of network power available to a resilient rogue state.

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  • Rafael Mesquita, 2024. "The only living guerrillero in New York: Cuba and the brokerage power of a resilient revisionist state," The Review of International Organizations, Springer, vol. 19(3), pages 611-639, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:revint:v:19:y:2024:i:3:d:10.1007_s11558-024-09532-9
    DOI: 10.1007/s11558-024-09532-9
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    Keywords

    UN General Assembly; Network analysis; Power; Brokerage; Cuba; Small states; Non-aligned Movement; Latin America;
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    JEL classification:

    • F5 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy
    • N46 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation - - - Latin America; Caribbean
    • P3 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions

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