His specializations are Comparative Politics and International Relations, with a regional focus on the Caribbean. His recent publications include the article Coming in from the Cold: Grenada and Cuba since 1983 and the chapter The Havana Consensus: Cuba’s Ties with Five CARICOM States. Dr. Cotman is also the author of the books The Gorrión Tree: Cuba and the Grenada Revolution (1993, Peter Lang) and Birmingham, JFK and the Civil Rights Act of 1963: Implications for Elite Theory (1989, Peter Lang).