From Birthright to Buy-In: The Caribbean as a Testing Ground for Citizenship
Caribbean Citizenship, CBI, and the Geopolitics of Belonging Caribbean citizenship is becoming a frontline issue in global debates over belonging, mobility, sovereignty, and wealth. In From Birthright to Buy-In: The Caribbean as a Testing Ground for Citizenship, Shemuel London examines how the region is navigating competing models of citizenship: birthright, descent, investment, diaspora connection, and regional mobility. The article explores how Caribbean states are actively testing different approaches to nationality under conditions of economic vulnerability, migration pressure, and external scrutiny. In addition to being a legal status, citizenship is also discussed as an economic instrument, a geopolitical vulnerability, a
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