The End of the Soviet Union Revisited.: Evidence from Ministerial de Relaciones Exteriores de Cuba (MINREX

Mervyn Bain

doi:10.1080/09592296.2023.2213070

The End of the Soviet Union Revisited. Evidence from Ministerial de Relaciones Exteriores de Cuba (MINREX

Mervyn Bain^* (Corresponding Author)

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Abstract

This article uses a qualitative historical analysis to scrutinize previously underutilized documents housed in the Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Cuba (MINREX) archive in Havana to examine Cuban-Soviet relations during 1991, the final tumultuous year of close Havana-Moscow relations. Specific focus will be given to the MINREX reaction to the August 1991 coup in Moscow and its aftermath. This article will offer several new findings. Principally that throughout 1991 MINREX officials firstly attempted to affect the bilateral relationship by both lobbying Soviet officials while in Cuba and they proposed utilizing glasnost for their own purposes. This proposal was despite a conceptual aversion to the Soviet process. Secondly, MINREX officials endeavoured
to lobby Russian officials, including trying to facilitate a meeting with Andrei Kozyrev the Russian Foreign Minister. These endeavours were notwithstanding the adverse reporting of Boris Yeltsin, the Russian President, and his actions during 1991 in both the MINREX documents and Cuban state media.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	343-364
Number of pages	21
Journal	Diplomacy & Statecraft
Volume	34
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09592296.2023.2213070
Publication status	Published - 15 Jun 2023

Bibliographical note

Funding
This work was supported by the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland (RG12257) RGB4580 31851.

Keywords

Havana-Moscow relations
reforms
MINREX
lobbying

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