Belfer Center Director Graham Allison and Professors Nick Burns and Juliette Kayyem will be participating in an event where historians, journalists and policy makers will reflect on the events leading up to the Cuban Missile Crisis, how it was resolved, and how lessons learned can be applied to the nuclear challenges facing us today.
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Event Agenda:
Introduction: David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States
The History of the History: What We Know and When We Learned It 12:35 – 1:35
Jorge Dominguez, Peter Kornbluh, Svetlana Savranskaya, Sheldon Stern, Adriana Bosch, Moderator
The Cuban Missile Crisis Tapes 1:35 – 1:45
Break
Remarks from Sergei Khrushchev 2:00 – 2:10
Video of Interview with President John F. Kennedy 2:10 – 2:15
Leaders in Crisis: Kennedy, Khrushchev and Castro 2:15 – 3:15
Tim Naftali, Michael Dobbs, James Hershberg, Brian Latell, Mary Sarotte, Moderator
Break
The 14th Day: The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty 3:30 – 3:40
David Coleman
Lessons Learned: The Nuclear Threat 50 Years After Cuba 3:45 – 4:30
Graham Allison, Nick Burns, Juliette Kayyem, Moderator
Closing Words 4:30-4:45
Jack Kennedy Schlossberg
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