Escalating to nuclear use in response to anything happening in the Ukraine war does not seem credible because it wouldn’t ...

Russia’s Aggressive New Nuclear Strategy. Breaking with Soviet-era policy, the country has lowered its threshold for using nuclear weapons and built new missiles to carry out limited strikes. By .

Donald Trump has privately encouraged Ukraine to step up deep strikes on Russian territory, even asking Volodymyr Zelenskyy ...

The Biden Administration unveiled a new defense strategy Thursday that puts the U.S. military on a Cold War-footing with China and Russia, detailing a plan to confront two nuclear peer adversaries ...

Donald Trump privately urged Ukraine to strike targets deep inside Russia, including Moscow, if supplied with advanced US ...

The gist of an "escalate to de-escalate" nuclear strategy, which Russia has denied it is pursuing, is that Moscow would seriously contemplate a nuclear strike – perhaps a limited one, not ...

Andriy Yermak: We must reject Russia’s nuclear blackmail. ... Tom Nichols: We have no nuclear strategy. The fight in Ukraine is not, despite what some have said, an existential war for Russia.

The strategy is also significant as the New Start nuclear arms control agreement with Russia is set to expire in 2026 without a replacement in place. Under the treaty, which was last extended back ...

To be sure it is arguable that Russia’s nuclear strategy is not “escalate or deescalate”, i.e. using nuclear weapons first in a war that is going badly in order to force NATO or the U.S. to ...

According to the Pentagon’s 2018 NPR, “Most concerning are Russia’s national security policies, strategy, and doctrine that include an emphasis on the threat of limited nuclear escalation ...

Concern is growing in NATO over Russia's nuclear strategy and indications that Russian military planners may be lowering the threshold for using nuclear weapons in any conflict, alliance diplomats ...

WASHINGTON — Eight months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and as China pushes to increase its nuclear, space and cyberforces, the Pentagon outlined a sweeping new strategy on Thursday that ...