CUBAN (1962) AND UKRAINIAN CRISIS (2022) – THE WORLD ON THE VERGE OF NUCLEAR WAR, 60 YEARS LATER
Journal: Strani pravni zivot
Year: 2023

The paper deals with the comparison of two cases when humanity was closest to the outbreak of a world nuclear war - the Cuban missile crisis (1962) and the Ukrainian crisis (2022). First, the basic elements of the term “international crisis” were given, and then, based on selected criteria, the Cuban crisis and the reality that arose from the invasion of the Russian armed forces into Ukraine were analyzed. The international legal aspects of these problems were specially addressed, with the fact