Analyzing The Causes Of The Cuban Missile Crisis From The Perspective Of Geopolitical Theory

The success of Cuba’s national democratic revolution and the establishment of socialism have changed the geopolitical space of the Mediterranean region of the Americas under the auspices of the United States.In the context of the US-Soviet bipolar hegemony,Cuba’s geographic significance is more important than ever: it is not only a guarantee of US security and stability,but also a condition for the expansion of the geopolitical map of the Soviet Union.Therefore,Cuba has a very important position in the geostrategy of both sides.The Cuban missile crisis occurred.On the surface,Khrushchev’s brave deployment of a medium-range ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead in Cuba actually reflected the geopolitical game between the United States and the Soviet Union in the Mediterranean region of the Americas.This article builds a framework based on geopolitical related theories to analyze the missile crisis triggered by the United States and the Soviet Union over Cuba,analyze the geo-strategic behavior of both sides in Cuba and Latin America,The analysis of location,power and external factors is what led to the outbreak of the Cuban missile crisis.Geographical factors are the reason the United States and the Soviet Union are vying for Cuba.Cuba’s special geographical position determines its fate for control by the two US and Soviet power centers.That is to say,the Cuban missile crisis occurred because of the power struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union in the Mediterranean region of the Americas,which is also the essence of geopolitical relations.In the context of the Cold War,the United States and the Soviet Union regarded Cuba as an important bargaining chip for gaining power and maintaining strategic advantages,and each formulated a corresponding geopolitical strategy with the purpose of competing for hegemony.Attempting to incorporate Cuba and even Latin America into its strategic map is the original driving force behind the Cuban missile crisis.Relevant countries in the Americas,in accordance with their own national interests,exert influence over Cuba in the geospatial space of the Mediterranean region of the Americas through the Organization of American States from the outside.Cuba was under pressure from the two centers of power in the United States and the Soviet Union,and also transmitted this pressure to the United States and the Soviet Union.When Cuba finally fell to the Soviet Union,this pressure was transferred to the United States.The contradictions between the United States and Cuba began to escalate,the Soviet Union took the opportunity to expand its influence,the contradictions between the United States and the Soviet Union in the Mediterranean region of the Americas began to appear,and the Cubanmissile crisis broke out.The geopolitical structure of the "bipolar" hegemony between the United States and the Soviet Union has made the weak Cuban into a very passive situation in foreign policy.Not only affect the realization of their own national interests,but their survival is also threatened by the United States.In order to safeguard its core interests of independence,survival,and development,Cuba not only overcomes the geopolitical dilemma it faces through a pragmatic geopolitical strategy,but also successfully entered the critical period of economic and social model development and update.Socialist Cuba still Standing on the Caribbean Sea.