Jeremy Shapiro, a foreign policy expert, published an article in War on the Rocks outlining the steps that could lead to a nuclear exchange between Russia and the West, emphasizing how a series of seemingly rational decisions could escalate into a catastrophic scenario.
We Are on a Path to Nuclear War
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Jeremy Shapiro, a foreign policy expert, published an article in War on the Rocks outlining the steps that could lead to a nuclear exchange between Russia and the West, emphasizing how a series of seemingly rational decisions could escalate into a catastrophic scenario.
We Are on a Path to Nuclear War
No rational or even sane leader plans to start a nuclear war... Once an escalatory cycle begins, a series of individually rational steps can add up to a world-ending absurdity.
In the Russian case particularly, a loss in Ukraine would seem to threaten regime survival and even the territorial integrity of the country.
What we know so far from this conflict is ever increasing escalation.