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Tanks for the Memories | GoodFellows: John Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H. R. McMaster | Hoover Institution

GoodFellows: Conversations from the Hoover Institution

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Is There a Risk of Escalation?

I think the one who fears escalation the most is Putin. A nuclear weapon is not usable in that scenario to give him any kind of military advantage. The bread basket of Russia is right there, they remember Chernobyl and you know, I think the whole world turns against Putin. It becomes North Korea on the Volka,. And guess what? We get to escalate after that too, or the Ukrainians would as well.

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