Flash Points: The Cuban missile crisis, 60 years on

Revisiting a touchstone of U.S. foreign policy. [Foreign Policy Logo]( [Foreign Policy Flashpoints]( October 30, 2022 | [View in browser]( To read unlimited articles featured in Flash Points, [sign in]( or [subscribe today](. SPONSORED BY [PRISMA REPORTS]( “Not since this week in 1962, when President John F. Kennedy announced that any ballistic missile launched from Cuba would be considered a direct attack by the Soviet Union on the United States, has Washington so publicly warned an adversary that it risked a potential nuclear exchange,” Michael Auslin recently [wrote]( in Foreign Policy. Although Russian President Vladimir Putin denied last week any intention to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, the specter of nuclear warfare has loomed over Europe, and the rest of the world, in recent months. Amid this nuclear saber rattling, we thought we’d revisit the Cuban missile crisis on its 60th anniversary and examine the lessons it offers for today’s world.—Chloe Hadavas --------------------------------------------------------------- [The Dangers of ‘Catastrophic Consequences’]( Sixty years after the Cuban missile crisis, Biden is re-creating nuclear deterrence on the fly. By Michael Auslin --------------------------------------------------------------- [How JFK Sacrificed Adlai Stevenson and the Lessons of the Cuban Missile Crisis]( The standoff has newfound relevance as Russian President Vladimir Putin threatens to deploy nukes in Ukraine. By Peter Kornbluh --------------------------------------------------------------- [Is Using Nuclear Weapons Still Taboo?]( The world is starting to forget the realities of nuclear weapons. By Nina Tannenwald --------------------------------------------------------------- [The Crazy Logic of Brinksmanship Is Back]( The West can only counter Putin’s nuclear threats with ruinous threats of its own. By James Traub --------------------------------------------------------------- [The Art of the Arms Race]( To avoid disaster, the United States must relearn crucial Cold War lessons. By Hal Brands Photo: Keystone/Getty Images --------------------------------------------------------------- SPONSORED [
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