On March 1, deputy director of the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Matthew Kroenig was quoted in an article in the Telegraph Online titled “Vladimir Putin declares nuclear alert, Joe Biden seeks de-escalation” from his previously published article in the New York Times. Kroenig highlights that it is unlikely that Putin will actually utilize its nuclear forces.
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