{"id":24878,"date":"2023-05-31T13:11:46","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T17:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/?p=24878"},"modified":"2023-06-04T10:49:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-04T14:49:27","slug":"brinkmanship-and-nuclear-threat-in-the-ukraine-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/brinkmanship-and-nuclear-threat-in-the-ukraine-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Brinkmanship and Nuclear Threat in the Ukraine War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-24859\" src=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ready-missile-250x141.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ready-missile-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ready-missile-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ready-missile-106x60.jpg 106w, https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ready-missile-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ready-missile.jpg 845w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>Carl Conetta, 31 May 2023. Full text \u21d2 <a href=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/ukraine-brinkmanship-and-nuclear-threat\/\"><strong>HTML<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/fulltext\/Ukraine-Brinkmanship-and-Nuclear-Threat.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Western leaders and Kyiv pledge to &#8220;stay the course&#8221; despite Russian nuclear threats. But does western brinkmanship in the Ukraine war depend on denying there is a brink? This short article examines \u201cnuclear threat denialism\u201d and its function in war policy. It explores Moscow\u2019s most likely but occluded nuclear option and the unique danger it represents. And the post examines the relevance of the Cuban Missile Crisis to the current conflict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carl Conetta, 31 May 2023. Full text \u21d2 HTML &#8211; PDF Western leaders and Kyiv pledge to &#8220;stay the course&#8221; despite Russian nuclear threats. 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