Prepare for the Worst and Strive for the Best. Russia’s and China’s Perceptions of Developments in International Security

... sliding down toward a dangerous zero-sum game (some would even argue that this is a negative-sum game) making it exceedingly difficult to come to a mutually acceptable compromise. Zhao Huaheng: A Dangerous Gamble: The Russia-American Nuclear Game in the Ukraine Crisis Why did the end of the cold war lead to even greater regression in the international community? Andrey Kortunov: It would be wrong to argue that the end of the cold war did not generate any peace dividends. I am old enough to remember early ...