POL 300 Assignment 2 Current Events and U.S. Diplomacy

POL 300 Assignment 2 Current Events and U.S. Diplomacy

Select one country you wrote about in Assignment 1 and describe the Cold War relationship that existed between it and the U.S.

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stated, that the Soviets would cease the development of missile sites in Cuba, and the United States would remove some of their missiles stationed in Turkey.

The Cuban Missile Crisis, caused people all over the world to hold their breath in eagerness of each country’s next move. If we look at this crisis, it actually put the fate of the entire planet in the hands of these two men. Kennedy’s management of this situation had a tremendous effect on the United States and the rest of the world. Due to his decision to negotiate with Khrushchev rather than to “push the button” made every country see the effects of nuclear arms in a whole new light. For the first time, world leaders realistically considered the potential devastation that could have been brought on, as a result of what leaders had once viewed as a contest to prove which nation was the most powerful.

Kennedy and Khrushchev both had spoken about the gravity of the situation that they had recently faced, and they both spoke of the realization that dawned on them. Khrushchev stated, “The two most powerful nations had been squared off against each other, each with its finger on the button,” and Kennedy remarked, “It is insane that two men, sitting on the opposite sides of the world, should be able to decide to bring an end to civilization” (Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, n.d.). Both men heartily agreed to take action to reduce tensions between their two countries.

Also in line with his “Flexible Response” doctrine, Kennedy chose to send a representative by the name of Averell Harriman, who was an experienced diplomat and highly respected by Khrushchev, to a summit in Moscow. The result of these talks generated the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, signed on August 5, 1963. This treaty banned all types of nuclear weapons testing, except for those that were conducted underground. Furthermore, underground testing could only be allowed as long as no radioactive debris fell outside the boundaries of the nation conducting the test. Additional results from this treaty, highlighted that both sides would agree to work towards complete disarmament, to end this era of the arms race, and to end contamination of the environment by radioactive substance.

To think, that if John F. Kennedy followed the doctrine of his predecessor (Eisenhower), he may well have led our country into a nuclear war and brought destruction to a large fraction of the world’s population. Since Kennedy decided instead to exercise all other options first, he was instrumental in bringing an end to the frantic race between the two superpowers of the world, which created the most devastating weapons known to mankind. The Kennedy doctrine allowed him to see beyond popular opinion and ideology, the fears of a nation, and the threat of a bully. His actions allowed him to see humanity as a whole and the responsibility that each of us have to one another and as members of the human race. This chapter in history paved his perspective not as the president of a powerful nation, but as a citizen and guardian of the world.

In his commencement address at American University on June 10, 1963, he said, “In the final analysis, our most basic common l……………………………

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