BRICS+ Series: Nuclear deterrence is back at the centre of global politics, but at what cost?

Speaking at a foreign policy forum in Moscow, the Kremlin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the global security system was “eroding.” Russia’s claim that nuclear weapons remain the only real barrier against global war is designed to sound blunt, even pragmatic. In one sense, it reflects an old strategic truth: for decades, the fear of mutual destruction has acted as a brake on direct confrontation between the world’s most powerful states.

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