Khrushchev’s Cuban missile crisis had a successful diplomatic outcome thanks to the diplomacy and patience of President John F. Kennedy, but the likelihood of a satisfactory diplomatic outcome to the Russian occupation of Ukraine is slim. In the wake of the missile crisis, Kennedy and Khrushchev produced the Partial Test Ban Treaty (over the opposition of our Department of Defense and their Defense Ministry) as well as the creation of the Hot Line to ensure that leaders in Washington and Moscow could communicate as securely and quickly as possible. More
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