Expert Opinions on Russia’s Basic Nuclear Deterrence Principles

... semi-official publications (except for the brief provisions on nuclear policy in the Military Doctrine). Secondly, Russia slightly “dispelled the mist” over such a controversial... ... interest in this area in the context of an "unhealthy" situation in the field of strategic stability, as well as with the extension of the START. One of the positive... ... classification of both military risks and threats to be neutralized by the implementation of nuclear deterrence: deployment by states "which consider the Russian Federation...