Abstract
Antigua has many of the structural characteristics of a vulnerable country. As a small island state in the Eastern Caribbean, with a population of approximately 68 000 people, Antigua remains overshadowed by its larger regional neighbours — Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago — never mind the major global powers. In economic character Antigua lost its traditional export industry (sugar) decades ago. Although boasting 365 beaches, Antigua has not built up a mass tourism industry. Moreover, its susceptibility to severe hurricanes serves as an obstacle to doing so. In political/diplomatic terms, Antigua has been held back by the image of corruption, which has been the result of the rule of a family dynasty (the Birds) for most of its post-independence existence.
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Cooper, A.F. (2009). Confronting Vulnerability through Resilient Diplomacy: Antigua and the WTO Internet Gambling Dispute with the United States. In: Cooper, A.F., Shaw, T.M. (eds) The Diplomacies of Small States. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230246911_12
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