Aug. 23, 2023

Reducing Russia's Nuclear Threat in the Baltic Region. Talking with Dr. Marion Messmer of Chatham House.

Reducing Russia's Nuclear Threat in the Baltic Region. Talking with Dr. Marion Messmer of Chatham House.

Putin from the start of the Ukraine invasion in 2022 has issued veiled threats of using nuclear weapons. Why now and why Ukraine ? Russia isn’t at existential risk so why threaten to use nukes ?

Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin has rattled his nuclear saber. But Russia is not at existential risk and its' security concerns are of its' own making. Why has he introduced the use of nuclear weapons into his confrontation with Ukraine and its' erstwhile supporters in NATO ?

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