Prepare for the Worst and Strive for the Best. Russia’s and China’s Perceptions of Developments in International Security

... that the two sides had very different perceptions about very fundamental dimensions of international security and global governance. In the West, they assumed that the future... ... them on a large scale, while the use of weapons of war seems unimaginable in the post-Cold War era. From Russia's perspective, every step NATO pushes eastward brings the... ... consequences of a nuclear war, which was also recognized by Khrushchev himself. Now, since nuclear weapons have not been used for nearly 80 years since Hiroshima-Nagasaki at the...