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Why some countries are more likely to believe nuclear war won’t happen to them

Nov 26, 2024

Geoff Beattie, Edge Hill University The war in Ukraine has just edged up another notch. It has not been going well for Ukraine in recent months, and this week Joe Biden’s administration made the decision to allow Ukraine to fire US-supplied army tactical missile systems (Atacms) long-range missiles deep into Russia for the

Are Vladimir Putin’s nuclear threats a bluff? In a word – probably

Aug 1, 2022

Matthew Sussex, Australian National University Russian President Vladimir Putin habitually rattles his nuclear sabres when things start looking grim for Moscow, and has done so long before his ill-advised invasion of Ukraine. In February 2008, he promised to target Ukraine with nuclear weapons if the United States stationed missile defences there. In August

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Why some countries are more likely to believe nuclear war won’t happen to them

Are Vladimir Putin’s nuclear threats a bluff? In a word – probably