Ep. 21: Matthew Kroenig on Ukraine and Putin’s Nuclear Weapons

School of War · Mar 16, 2022 · 36m

Matthew Kroenig, Professor in the Department of Government and Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and Director of Studies at the Atlantic Council, joins the show to discuss Russian nuclear doctrine and what it means for the war in Ukraine.

Times

00:49 - Introduction

01:07 - Forecasting Russia's potential gains in Ukraine

02:45 - The nuclear dimension in Ukraine

05:05 - Russian nuclear doctrine: escalate to de-escalate

10:52 - Potential U.S. responses to Russian nuclear strikes on NATO allies

12:54 - Perceptions of nuclear weapons, from the Cold War to now

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