Researches about Ukraine

The meaning of Russia’s nuclear threats

Brookings

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July 8, 2015
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM EDTSaul/Zilkha Rooms
Brookings Institution
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Washington, DC 20036
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In an unwelcome throwback from the Cold War past, Russian diplomacy in recent months has featured a variety of nuclear threats, ranging from Putin’s musings on nuclear options during the Crimea crisis and purchasing new intercontinental ballistic missiles to a threat to nuke the Danish Navy. These threats are most likely just bluster or an attempt to compensate for Russia’s weakness in conventional military power. But given that Russian nuclear forces still have at least …read more

Source: Brookings

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