Anastasiia Gavryliuk’s Post

Detailing the revelations hidden in hundreds of pages of recently declassified documents, Radchenko and Zubok disclose the true story about why the Soviets’ massive operation to station ballistic nuclear missiles on Cuban soil in 1962 failed so spectacularly. “Far from being an impressive display of Soviet cunning and power,” they write, the mission “was plagued by a profound lack of understanding of on-the-ground conditions in Cuba.” The defining event of the nuclear age—13 frightening days when “the world stood on the brink of nuclear war”—was brought about by “a small coterie of high officials” who, “acting in extreme secrecy, drew up a sloppy plan for an operation that was doomed to fail and never allowed anyone else to question their assumptions.” The revelations, Radchenko and Zubok write, “have special resonance at a time when, once again, a leader in the Kremlin is engaged in a risky foreign gambit, confronting the West as the specter of nuclear war lurks in the background.” Russia, it seems, “still has not learned the lesson of the Cuban missile crisis: that the whims of an autocratic ruler can lead his country into a geopolitical cul-de-sac—and the world to the edge of calamity.” https://lnkd.in/gt_zBDG2 In my contribution for Georgetown Public Policy Review I noted "In a deeply polarized world, the debate surrounding the Ukraine conflict reflects a nuclear-charged tug-of-war. On one side, a Western bloc of U.S.-influenced NATO and EU alliances favors growing military and open-ended support for Ukraine. Across the divide, there are as many as 66 countries encouraging a political settlement or a diplomatic solution to the crisis. The question remains – as it has for too many decades – what’ll it be: settlement or nuclear Armageddon. One holds hope. The other devastation." It would be naïve to assume there are no lessons, or only partial lessons, from the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. If there are lessons for today’s Russia, what then are the lessons for the United States? Unless we learn the right lessons, we are bound to keep repeating the mistakes of the past. https://lnkd.in/g7sDGDiq

Detailing the revelations hidden in hundreds of pages of recently declassified documents, Radchenko and Zubok disclose the true story about why the Soviets’ massive operation to station ballistic nuclear missiles on Cuban soil in 1962 failed so spectacularly. “Far from being an impressive display of Soviet cunning and power,” they write, the mission “was plagued by a profound lack of understanding of on-the-ground conditions in Cuba.” The defining event of the nuclear age—13 frightening days when “the world stood on the brink of nuclear war”—was brought about by “a small coterie of high officials” who, “acting in extreme secrecy, drew up a sloppy plan for an operation that was doomed to fail and never allowed anyone else to question their assumptions.” The revelations, Radchenko and Zubok write, “have special resonance at a time when, once again, a leader in the Kremlin is engaged in a risky foreign gambit, confronting the West as the specter of nuclear war lurks in the background.” Russia, it seems, “still has not learned the lesson of the Cuban missile crisis: that the whims of an autocratic ruler can lead his country into a geopolitical cul-de-sac—and the world to the edge of calamity.” https://lnkd.in/gt_zBDG2 In my contribution for Georgetown Public Policy Review I noted "In a deeply polarized world, the debate surrounding the Ukraine conflict reflects a nuclear-charged tug-of-war. On one side, a Western bloc of U.S.-influenced NATO and EU alliances favors growing military and open-ended support for Ukraine. Across the divide, there are as many as 66 countries encouraging a political settlement or a diplomatic solution to the crisis. The question remains – as it has for too many decades – what’ll it be: settlement or nuclear Armageddon. One holds hope. The other devastation." It would be naïve to assume there are no lessons, or only partial lessons, from the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. If there are lessons for today’s Russia, what then are the lessons for the United States? Unless we learn the right lessons, we are bound to keep repeating the mistakes of the past. https://lnkd.in/g7sDGDiq

Detailing the revelations hidden in hundreds of pages of recently declassified documents, Radchenko and Zubok disclose the true story about why the Soviets’ massive operation to station ballistic nuclear missiles on Cuban soil in 1962 failed so spectacularly. “Far from being an impressive display of Soviet cunning and power,” they write, the mission “was plagued by a profound lack of understanding of on-the-ground conditions in Cuba.” The defining event of the nuclear age—13 frightening days when “the world stood on the brink of nuclear war”—was brought about by “a small coterie of high officials” who, “acting in extreme secrecy, drew up a sloppy plan for an operation that was doomed to fail and never allowed anyone else to question their assumptions.” The revelations, Radchenko and Zubok write, “have special resonance at a time when, once again, a leader in the Kremlin is engaged in a risky foreign gambit, confronting the West as the specter of nuclear war lurks in the background.” Russia, it seems, “still has not learned the lesson of the Cuban missile crisis: that the whims of an autocratic ruler can lead his country into a geopolitical cul-de-sac—and the world to the edge of calamity.” https://lnkd.in/gt_zBDG2 In my contribution for Georgetown Public Policy Review I noted "In a deeply polarized world, the debate surrounding the Ukraine conflict reflects a nuclear-charged tug-of-war. On one side, a Western bloc of U.S.-influenced NATO and EU alliances favors growing military and open-ended support for Ukraine. Across the divide, there are as many as 66 countries encouraging a political settlement or a diplomatic solution to the crisis. The question remains – as it has for too many decades – what’ll it be: settlement or nuclear Armageddon. One holds hope. The other devastation." It would be naïve to assume there are no lessons, or only partial lessons, from the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. If there are lessons for today’s Russia, what then are the lessons for the United States? Unless we learn the right lessons, we are bound to keep repeating the mistakes of the past. https://lnkd.in/g7sDGDiq

Detailing the revelations hidden in hundreds of pages of recently declassified documents, Radchenko and Zubok disclose the true story about why the Soviets’ massive operation to station ballistic nuclear missiles on Cuban soil in 1962 failed so spectacularly. “Far from being an impressive display of Soviet cunning and power,” they write, the mission “was plagued by a profound lack of understanding of on-the-ground conditions in Cuba.” The defining event of the nuclear age—13 frightening days when “the world stood on the brink of nuclear war”—was brought about by “a small coterie of high officials” who, “acting in extreme secrecy, drew up a sloppy plan for an operation that was doomed to fail and never allowed anyone else to question their assumptions.” The revelations, Radchenko and Zubok write, “have special resonance at a time when, once again, a leader in the Kremlin is engaged in a risky foreign gambit, confronting the West as the specter of nuclear war lurks in the background.” Russia, it seems, “still has not learned the lesson of the Cuban missile crisis: that the whims of an autocratic ruler can lead his country into a geopolitical cul-de-sac—and the world to the edge of calamity.” https://lnkd.in/gxRp9pvR In my contribution for Georgetown Public Policy Review I noted "In a deeply polarized world, the debate surrounding the Ukraine conflict reflects a nuclear-charged tug-of-war. On one side, a Western bloc of U.S.-influenced NATO and EU alliances favors growing military and open-ended support for Ukraine. Across the divide, there are as many as 66 countries encouraging a political settlement or a diplomatic solution to the crisis. The question remains – as it has for too many decades – what’ll it be: settlement or nuclear Armageddon. One holds hope. The other devastation." It would be naïve to assume there are no lessons, or only partial lessons, from the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. If there are lessons for today’s Russia, what then are the lessons for the United States? Unless we learn the right lessons, we are bound to keep repeating the mistakes of the past. https://lnkd.in/gDiEXiNy

Detailing the revelations hidden in hundreds of pages of recently declassified documents, Radchenko and Zubok disclose the true story about why the Soviets’ massive operation to station ballistic nuclear missiles on Cuban soil in 1962 failed so spectacularly. “Far from being an impressive display of Soviet cunning and power,” they write, the mission “was plagued by a profound lack of understanding of on-the-ground conditions in Cuba.” The defining event of the nuclear age—13 frightening days when “the world stood on the brink of nuclear war”—was brought about by “a small coterie of high officials” who, “acting in extreme secrecy, drew up a sloppy plan for an operation that was doomed to fail and never allowed anyone else to question their assumptions.” The revelations, Radchenko and Zubok write, “have special resonance at a time when, once again, a leader in the Kremlin is engaged in a risky foreign gambit, confronting the West as the specter of nuclear war lurks in the background.” Russia, it seems, “still has not learned the lesson of the Cuban missile crisis: that the whims of an autocratic ruler can lead his country into a geopolitical cul-de-sac—and the world to the edge of calamity.” https://lnkd.in/gt_zBDG2 In my contribution for Georgetown Public Policy Review I noted "In a deeply polarized world, the debate surrounding the Ukraine conflict reflects a nuclear-charged tug-of-war. On one side, a Western bloc of U.S.-influenced NATO and EU alliances favors growing military and open-ended support for Ukraine. Across the divide, there are as many as 66 countries encouraging a political settlement or a diplomatic solution to the crisis. The question remains – as it has for too many decades – what’ll it be: settlement or nuclear Armageddon. One holds hope. The other devastation." It would be naïve to assume there are no lessons, or only partial lessons, from the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. If there are lessons for today’s Russia, what then are the lessons for the United States? Unless we learn the right lessons, we are bound to keep repeating the mistakes of the past. https://lnkd.in/g7sDGDiq

Detailing the revelations hidden in hundreds of pages of recently declassified documents, Radchenko and Zubok disclose the true story about why the Soviets’ massive operation to station ballistic nuclear missiles on Cuban soil in 1962 failed so spectacularly. “Far from being an impressive display of Soviet cunning and power,” they write, the mission “was plagued by a profound lack of understanding of on-the-ground conditions in Cuba.” The defining event of the nuclear age—13 frightening days when “the world stood on the brink of nuclear war”—was brought about by “a small coterie of high officials” who, “acting in extreme secrecy, drew up a sloppy plan for an operation that was doomed to fail and never allowed anyone else to question their assumptions.” The revelations, Radchenko and Zubok write, “have special resonance at a time when, once again, a leader in the Kremlin is engaged in a risky foreign gambit, confronting the West as the specter of nuclear war lurks in the background.” Russia, it seems, “still has not learned the lesson of the Cuban missile crisis: that the whims of an autocratic ruler can lead his country into a geopolitical cul-de-sac—and the world to the edge of calamity.” https://lnkd.in/gxRp9pvR In my contribution for Georgetown Public Policy Review I noted "In a deeply polarized world, the debate surrounding the Ukraine conflict reflects a nuclear-charged tug-of-war. On one side, a Western bloc of U.S.-influenced NATO and EU alliances favors growing military and open-ended support for Ukraine. Across the divide, there are as many as 66 countries encouraging a political settlement or a diplomatic solution to the crisis. The question remains – as it has for too many decades – what’ll it be: settlement or nuclear Armageddon. One holds hope. The other devastation." It would be naïve to assume there are no lessons, or only partial lessons, from the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. If there are lessons for today’s Russia, what then are the lessons for the United States? Unless we learn the right lessons, we are bound to keep repeating the mistakes of the past. https://lnkd.in/gDiEXiNy

Detailing the revelations hidden in hundreds of pages of recently declassified documents, Radchenko and Zubok disclose the true story about why the Soviets’ massive operation to station ballistic nuclear missiles on Cuban soil in 1962 failed so spectacularly. “Far from being an impressive display of Soviet cunning and power,” they write, the mission “was plagued by a profound lack of understanding of on-the-ground conditions in Cuba.” The defining event of the nuclear age—13 frightening days when “the world stood on the brink of nuclear war”—was brought about by “a small coterie of high officials” who, “acting in extreme secrecy, drew up a sloppy plan for an operation that was doomed to fail and never allowed anyone else to question their assumptions.” The revelations, Radchenko and Zubok write, “have special resonance at a time when, once again, a leader in the Kremlin is engaged in a risky foreign gambit, confronting the West as the specter of nuclear war lurks in the background.” Russia, it seems, “still has not learned the lesson of the Cuban missile crisis: that the whims of an autocratic ruler can lead his country into a geopolitical cul-de-sac—and the world to the edge of calamity.” https://lnkd.in/gxRp9pvR In my contribution for Georgetown Public Policy Review I noted "In a deeply polarized world, the debate surrounding the Ukraine conflict reflects a nuclear-charged tug-of-war. On one side, a Western bloc of U.S.-influenced NATO and EU alliances favors growing military and open-ended support for Ukraine. Across the divide, there are as many as 66 countries encouraging a political settlement or a diplomatic solution to the crisis. The question remains – as it has for too many decades – what’ll it be: settlement or nuclear Armageddon. One holds hope. The other devastation." It would be naïve to assume there are no lessons, or only partial lessons, from the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. If there are lessons for today’s Russia, what then are the lessons for the United States? Unless we learn the right lessons, we are bound to keep repeating the mistakes of the past. https://lnkd.in/gDiEXiNy

Detailing the revelations hidden in hundreds of pages of recently declassified documents, Radchenko and Zubok disclose the true story about why the Soviets’ massive operation to station ballistic nuclear missiles on Cuban soil in 1962 failed so spectacularly. “Far from being an impressive display of Soviet cunning and power,” they write, the mission “was plagued by a profound lack of understanding of on-the-ground conditions in Cuba.” The defining event of the nuclear age—13 frightening days when “the world stood on the brink of nuclear war”—was brought about by “a small coterie of high officials” who, “acting in extreme secrecy, drew up a sloppy plan for an operation that was doomed to fail and never allowed anyone else to question their assumptions.” The revelations, Radchenko and Zubok write, “have special resonance at a time when, once again, a leader in the Kremlin is engaged in a risky foreign gambit, confronting the West as the specter of nuclear war lurks in the background.” Russia, it seems, “still has not learned the lesson of the Cuban missile crisis: that the whims of an autocratic ruler can lead his country into a geopolitical cul-de-sac—and the world to the edge of calamity.” https://lnkd.in/gxRp9pvR In my contribution for Georgetown Public Policy Review I noted "In a deeply polarized world, the debate surrounding the Ukraine conflict reflects a nuclear-charged tug-of-war. On one side, a Western bloc of U.S.-influenced NATO and EU alliances favors growing military and open-ended support for Ukraine. Across the divide, there are as many as 66 countries encouraging a political settlement or a diplomatic solution to the crisis. The question remains – as it has for too many decades – what’ll it be: settlement or nuclear Armageddon. One holds hope. The other devastation." It would be naïve to assume there are no lessons, or only partial lessons, from the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. If there are lessons for today’s Russia, what then are the lessons for the United States? Unless we learn the right lessons, we are bound to keep repeating the mistakes of the past. https://lnkd.in/gDiEXiNy

Detailing the revelations hidden in hundreds of pages of recently declassified documents, Radchenko and Zubok disclose the true story about why the Soviets’ massive operation to station ballistic nuclear missiles on Cuban soil in 1962 failed so spectacularly. “Far from being an impressive display of Soviet cunning and power,” they write, the mission “was plagued by a profound lack of understanding of on-the-ground conditions in Cuba.” The defining event of the nuclear age—13 frightening days when “the world stood on the brink of nuclear war”—was brought about by “a small coterie of high officials” who, “acting in extreme secrecy, drew up a sloppy plan for an operation that was doomed to fail and never allowed anyone else to question their assumptions.” The revelations, Radchenko and Zubok write, “have special resonance at a time when, once again, a leader in the Kremlin is engaged in a risky foreign gambit, confronting the West as the specter of nuclear war lurks in the background.” Russia, it seems, “still has not learned the lesson of the Cuban missile crisis: that the whims of an autocratic ruler can lead his country into a geopolitical cul-de-sac—and the world to the edge of calamity.” https://lnkd.in/gt_zBDG2 In my contribution for Georgetown Public Policy Review I noted "In a deeply polarized world, the debate surrounding the Ukraine conflict reflects a nuclear-charged tug-of-war. On one side, a Western bloc of U.S.-influenced NATO and EU alliances favors growing military and open-ended support for Ukraine. Across the divide, there are as many as 66 countries encouraging a political settlement or a diplomatic solution to the crisis. The question remains – as it has for too many decades – what’ll it be: settlement or nuclear Armageddon. One holds hope. The other devastation." It would be naïve to assume there are no lessons, or only partial lessons, from the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. If there are lessons for today’s Russia, what then are the lessons for the United States? Unless we learn the right lessons, we are bound to keep repeating the mistakes of the past. https://lnkd.in/g7sDGDiq

Detailing the revelations hidden in hundreds of pages of recently declassified documents, Radchenko and Zubok disclose the true story about why the Soviets’ massive operation to station ballistic nuclear missiles on Cuban soil in 1962 failed so spectacularly. “Far from being an impressive display of Soviet cunning and power,” they write, the mission “was plagued by a profound lack of understanding of on-the-ground conditions in Cuba.” The defining event of the nuclear age—13 frightening days when “the world stood on the brink of nuclear war”—was brought about by “a small coterie of high officials” who, “acting in extreme secrecy, drew up a sloppy plan for an operation that was doomed to fail and never allowed anyone else to question their assumptions.” The revelations, Radchenko and Zubok write, “have special resonance at a time when, once again, a leader in the Kremlin is engaged in a risky foreign gambit, confronting the West as the specter of nuclear war lurks in the background.” Russia, it seems, “still has not learned the lesson of the Cuban missile crisis: that the whims of an autocratic ruler can lead his country into a geopolitical cul-de-sac—and the world to the edge of calamity.” https://lnkd.in/gxRp9pvR In my contribution for Georgetown Public Policy Review I noted "In a deeply polarized world, the debate surrounding the Ukraine conflict reflects a nuclear-charged tug-of-war. On one side, a Western bloc of U.S.-influenced NATO and EU alliances favors growing military and open-ended support for Ukraine. Across the divide, there are as many as 66 countries encouraging a political settlement or a diplomatic solution to the crisis. The question remains – as it has for too many decades – what’ll it be: settlement or nuclear Armageddon. One holds hope. The other devastation." It would be naïve to assume there are no lessons, or only partial lessons, from the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. If there are lessons for today’s Russia, what then are the lessons for the United States? Unless we learn the right lessons, we are bound to keep repeating the mistakes of the past. https://lnkd.in/gDiEXiNy