Can Nuclear Weapons Help Avert a Russia-NATO War?

... accusations that Moscow violated the nuclear taboo first. However, apart from politics, other things are equally important. Both scenarios preserve NATO's capacity to deliver nuclear or conventional counterstrikes. Any Russian nuclear deployment risks devastating ... ... strategic nuclear weapons, something that guarantees annihilation by a retaliatory strike. Aleksey Arbatov: Nuclear Doctrine and Strategic Stability This paradigm's inherent danger lies in fostering NATO's illusion of impunity—the conviction that Russia ...