This work seeks to examine, in both theoretical and practical terms, the generally unexplored waters of post-dependency politics. Erisman argues that the option of South-South relations can be a viable way for a developing country to move beyond dependency by acquiring either enough bargaining power to exert some control over the terms of its dependent North-South relations or the manoeuvering space necessary to minimise its exposure to any single foreign source of influence. Although focusing on the South-South initiatives of the West Indies CARICOM states, he sheds light as well on the evolving role of small states in general in the contemporary international system.