Can Nuclear Weapons Help Avert a Russia-NATO War?

... 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 ... ... 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 ...