Realist IR Theory, the Russia-Ukraine War, nuclear threats and nuclear deterrence

Jeffrey Mankoff makes this judgment: “The lesson realists should take from these developments is not that escalation is impossible, but that the old logic of deterrence, which allowed the United States and the Soviet Union to navigate the Cold War without resorting to nuclear conflict, still applies.”

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