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1、Hua SuPolitical Science 101, Section009Professor Dighton M. Fiddner24 March 2010Brief Analysis of Cuban Missile CrisisI think the people who have at least a little bit concern about the world issues should know the famous Cuban Missile Crisis. It has being discussed and studied over and over again b
2、y many scientists, scholars and experts since it happened. On October 15, 1962, United States reconnaissance discovered and had photos to prove that there were missile bases being built in Cuba. “One of the most startling of the thousands of photographs-some 30,000 feet of film in all-analyzed by th
3、e President and his advisers is this one of a fully operating medium-range missile base, manned by Russian technicians and able to shoot its missiles as far into the U.S. as Norfolk or Houston “(The Pictures That Spurred Us to Act)”. The next day, the president of United States was informed and orga
4、nized a group of advisors, which is called Executive Committee of the National Security Council, short for EXCOMM, to discuss how to deal with this perilous event. In Cuba at that time, the government was led by communist Fidel Castro. He was afraid that the United States would attack Cuba again aft
5、er the failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion. So he agreed that Soviet Union, which was led by Nikita Khrushchev at that time, could put missiles in Cuba. Because Cuba and United States are so close to each other, the missiles in Cuba were big threat to US. After several days of discussion, the govern
6、ment of Kennedy imposed a naval quarantine around Cuba and demanded that the Soviet Union removed the missiles from Cuba. After a series of negotiations between the United States, Soviet Union and Cuba, on October 28, 1962, the crisis eased after a no-invasion agreement was reached and the Soviet Un
7、ion agreed to dismantle the missiles. I think it will be best for me to explain this significant event using the interstate level of analysis and the theory of realism. Interstate level of analysis contains several categories which influence the Cuban missile crisis obviously. Power is the most appa
8、rent influence. Just like Cuban, Soviet and United States all competed and threatened each other with their military power. And between Cuba and Soviet Union, they formed an alliance against United States. During the crisis, IGOs, summit meetings, each sides diplomacy and the bargaining happening am
9、ong their negotiations all had important influences which should not be forgotten. Power is the ability to get someone to do what it would not otherwise have done (or not to do what it would have done) (Goldstein et al.). United States at that time could not stand that there is a communist country l
10、ocated so close to it. So a CIA trained force tried to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro on April 17, 1961. But it turned out a failure. After the Bay of Pigs invasion, Cuba found out that only by increasing its own power can it prevent another United States invasion. And, improvement of its
11、military power is the best way. At that time, the biggest and strongest communist country was Soviet Union. It possessed nuclear weapons. That was also the time when the United States and the Soviet Union were the major participants of the Cold War. They competed with each other in the fields of pol
12、itics, military, economy, etc. Cuba is located only several miles away from Florida. So, it would be a great threat to the United States by placing nuclear missiles on the island of Cuba and at the same time prevent the United States from starting another invasion of Cuba. Cuba agreed the nuclear mi
13、ssiles building is for the sake of its sovereignty, territory and organization of governing. As for the Soviet Union, the reason is its diplomatic recognition. They all did it for their own interests. During the event, in order to prevent the Soviet Union from shipping more nuclear missiles devices
14、to Cuba, the United States blocked the sea around the island of Cuba. But, the United States actually had no right to do the quarantine. United States quarantine against Cuba, in my opinion, was realism. Every nation has its right to possess its weapon for defense. It is against the international la
15、w, the United Nations Charter and the right of passage in international waters. The United States action had implied that there is no central organizing authority in the international politics. Every entity seeks its self-interests. The United States has reported that the nuclear missiles which were
16、 being placed in Cuba were seriously offensive (The Pictures That Spurred Us to Act). So in order to keep its national security under control, the United States chose to use quarantine. And this quarantine greatly related to the power of the United States. It had strong economic and military power so that this restrict quarantine can be forced. The United Nations had noticed the possibility that the conflict between these two super powers could lead to a nuclear wa
