210 | Hal Brands: What Can the Cold War Teach Us About Modern Conflict with Russia and China?
The Realignment
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Should We Treat Russia as a Standin for the Soviet Union?
Soviets may launch strikes against certain pacastany i s i bases, they are not going to treat the fact that we are allowingan causing the deaths of soviet aviators with stinger missiles as a cause for war. In afghanistan, when the united states and the pakistan intelligence services were setting up sanctuaries on the pakistani side of the border, those arms were used to kill soviet personnel. So in all those cases, should we assume that those rules co those lines of of acceptability, do they port over to the current cold war? It's a fascinating question, and i think we're getting our answer in real time
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