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- Foreign students encouraged to study in USSR - Foreign students encouraged to study in USSR
- Competing with USA for global influence - Competing with USA for global influence
- Mao's PRC also emerges as rival/competitor - Mao's PRC also emerges as rival/competitor
### Khrushchev's Cold War Crises: Examples
- Berlin 1958-1961: Khrushchev tries to pressure western powers into leaving- East German regime is losing thousands of people to the West via Berlin
- but US and Allies will not back down, result in the building of the Berlin Wall 1961
- Congo (1960-1961): Soviets seek to support nationalist political Patrice Lumumba, but not in a strong position to exert influence: Lumumba killed in 1961
### Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution
- Tensions rise with United States: Castro turns to the Soviet Union for support
- Khrushchev sends nuclear missiles to Cuba; Discovery by USA leads to intense confrontation, threat of nuclear war (October 1962)
- Khrushchev and US president Kennedy negotiate a solution, world sighs with relief
## Key Points
- Leadership changes from Stalin to Khrushchev: Change possible with USSR, but continuities are strong
- Cold War confrontation: Intelligence and military powers crucial, but competition for influence also involves "soft power"
- Foreign policy and domestic politics are linked: Khrushchev weakened, removed from office 1964