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Nukes, Negotiations, and Lessons From the War in Ukraine

War on the Rocks

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Do You Think Putin Will Use Nuclear Weapons?

The Russians talk about using the nuclear card all the time and very quickly. I think it's significant that Putin did annex those territories because now he is, at least in the way that he's messaging this, losing a defensive conventional war. And that's why worry more about nuclear use when Russia's force sputters out over the spring and early summer next year.

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