On October 5, Matthew Kroenig’s “Memo to the President” was quoted in a New York Times article on Putin’s nuclear threats.
A nuclear response is most likely to reinforce the deterrence of adversaries, result in the assurance of allies, and re-establish the global taboo against nuclear use in the future by demonstrating that countries cannot use nuclear weapons without dire consequences.
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