The quest for security in the Caribbean.
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Title
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The quest for security in the Caribbean.
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Identifier
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AAI9020761
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identifier
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9020761
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Creator
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Griffith, Ivelaw Lloyd.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Donald Zagoria
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Date
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1990
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Political Science, International Law and Relations
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Abstract
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This dissertation examines security problems in the English Caribbean, assesses the Regional Security System (RSS), and considers measures Caribbean states may take to safeguard their interests. Vulnerability, intervention, militarization, and internal instability are the major small state security problems. Caribbean states have faced all of these, in varying degrees and at different times. Their subordinate status makes them militarily, politically, and economically vulnerable to actions by the U.S., and by middle powers such as Venezuela; military-political threats to internal security are greater than threats from outside the region; capability constraints limit their ability to maintain strong security mechanisms.;Caribbean states can adopt individual and collective measures to bolster internal and external security. While not a credible military mechanism, the RSS could help with drug interdiction and coastal patrol. There are no prospects for greater military security guarantees given the capability limitations of Caribbean states and the unwillingness of powerful states in the area to facilitate this. Caribbean states should, therefore, use several existing arrangements at the sub-regional, regional, and international levels more efficiently.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
