... American aggression
Nuclear deterrence is not a myth. It kept the world safe during the Cold War. Deterrence is a psychological concept. You have to convince a nuclear-armed... ... conflict, which, if left unchecked, could lead to a frontal military conflict between NATO and Russia and a nuclear war. This scenario can be prevented by further strengthening... ... were five nuclear powers, but then the only real poles were the US and the USSR, plus China with its then small nuclear arsenal. Now Beijing is moving towards (at least)...
... of China [in the late 1950s] logically led to the emergence of China’s own nuclear weapons. The claims of Great Britain and ... ... reality fraught with a direct military clash between Russia and NATO. But the main thing is that the scenario you are asking about ... ... and missile] programs of Tehran and Pyongyang, but Moscow’s refusal to participate in the policy of international pressure on ... ... more historical significance. I remember well that during the Cold War, NATO’s strategy provided for nuclear strikes against ...
The importance of the strategic partnership with China and sought to set the record straight on a number of other ... ... interview with
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, Russian ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov laid out his country's demands to the West on the ... ... powerful nation's diplomatic presence in the U.S.
Relations between Cold War-era rivals the U.S. and Russia have long been defined ... ... against unfavorable Western policies. Does Russia reject these accusations and will Russia retaliate against U.S. sanctions?
It has ...
The Soviet Union might have lost the first Cold War, but Russia is ahead in the rematch with the US and, this time, has every chance ... ... on more than one front. Now, with Beijing on the side of Moscow, Russia can utilize China as a strategic resource, he went on to say. Secondly, the country is much more... ... big question is where Germany will end up,”
he concluded, referring to the dominant NATO power that has embarked on the controversial Nord Stream 2 project with Russia...
... victory in it have again become possible, with the stakes much lower than during the Cold War, and the prospect of total annihilation itself is enough to deter the weaker... ... caliber with no ambition to prevail in the world.
America’s main challenger now is China, which has surpassed it in terms of GDP in PPP terms and is expected to surpass... ... developed their weapons in the 1950s and 1960s, have always been U.S. allies within NATO, and their weapons were always considered by Moscow to be part of the Western bloc’s...