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Can Nuclear Weapons Help Avert a Russia-NATO War?

... scenarios involving the use of strategic nuclear weapons. Though, for Washington, no guarantees exist regarding controllable escalation from conventional to tactical and later strategic nuclear strikes. So, the Americans may also be among the losers. Nuclear warfare admits no victors—only in scenarios where one party demonstrates critical weakness. Any strategic calculus predicated upon an adversary's potential collapse risks catastrophic miscalculation for both sides. Apparently, in case of direct ...

24.07.2025

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Nuclear “Frost” in the Summer of 2022?

... winter”—nonetheless, they will inevitably produce unpredictable geophysical, climatic, and biological consequences The May cold of a nuclear danger On May 12, 2022, the RBC news outlet published an article titled “Peskov responded to Medvedev’s Words About Nuclear War Risk.” The article literally says, “Medvedev said that weapons deliveries to Ukraine and NATO drills in the vicinity of Russia’s borders increase the likelihood of a conflict with the alliance, one that can escalate into a nuclear war....

24.05.2022

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Poll conducted

In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?

U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements	33 (31%)
U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity	30 (28%)
U.S. wants to dissolve Russia	24 (22%)
U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China	21 (19%)