How to Avoid a Great-Power War
The Foreign Affairs Interview
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How to Manage Escalation Risks in Conflict
Russia does not want a war with NATO or the United States. Ukraine certainly doesn't want that scale of war and its territory. So it's in everyone's interest not to escalate. Wars are highly emotional. There's a tremendous amount of fear,. There's pride. There's interest. And all of that is at play all at the same time, as Thucydides would tell us. The possibility of escalation is always there."
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