Cultural Factors in U.S.-India Relations

Book reviewed in this article:
Andrew J. Rotter, Comrades at Odds: The United States and India, 1947–1964     

北美自由贸易协定与美墨关系

北美自由贸易协定(NAFTA)的签定是冷战结束后美墨关系发生变化的一个重要标志,是经济全球化过程中的重要发展趋势。美、加、墨通过建立经济合作关系,实行经济自由化、一体化,既有利于三国经济的互利合作,又促进墨西哥的政治经济体制改革,为墨西哥对外经济开放、发展外向型经济提供机遇。但美墨之间由于历史遗留问题以及墨西哥国内依然存在的强烈民族主义倾向,墨西哥经济对美国经济的过分依赖等,使美墨关系还存在不确定的变数。由于墨西哥积极发展与亚太地区和欧盟的经济合作关系,未来美墨关系的发展,以及建立北美自由贸易区统一货币等问题,是对NAFTA的一个严峻考验。     

The Export-Import Bank and U.S. Foreign Economic Relations

Book reviewed:
William H. Becker and William M. McClenahan, Jr. The Market, the State, and the Export-Import Bank of the United States , 1934 – 2000. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2003. xii + 340 pp. $80.00 (cloth).     

Cuba and the Roots of U.S. Foreign Relations

Gaddis Smith. The Last Years of the Monroe Doctrine, 1945–1993 . New York: Hill and Wang, 1994. 280 pp.
Thomas G. Paterson. Contesting Castro: The United States and the Triumph of the Cuban Revolution .     

Negotiating National Identity: A Reexamination of U.S.-Philippines Relations

Nick Cullather. Illusions of Influence: The Political Economy of United States-Philippines Relations, 1942–1960 .     

Recent Work on U.S. Relations with Costa Rica

Kyle Longley. The Sparrow and the Hawk: Costa Rica and the US during the Rise of José Figueres
Aviva Chomsky. West Indian Workers and the United Fruit Company in Costa Rica, 1870–1920