NEWSLINK: “CARIBBEAN CRISIS 2.0: ILLUSION OF PERMISSIVENESS” – Valdai/ Maxim Starchak

“… The international security system is collapsing, there is no dialogue. The parties do not consider negotiations, options, but prefer options for developing their military activities. Sooner or later, this may lead to a full-scale crisis similar to Cuba 1962. However, this may not be a bad thing. The Caribbean crisis has taught us to understand that the value of peace is learned in the face of war. Modern politicians, who do not know the horrors of the world war, forgot its danger. Despite all the statements, persuasion and threats nothing has changed. Perhaps, if the parties reach the red line, they will be able to realize the full danger of unilateral military actions or relative answers and sit down at the negotiating table and prevent not only the war, but also find ways to form a new, more stable and satisfactory international security system. Just like it was 55 years ago. …”