Analyzing the Risk of Nuclear Conflict in Europe

In the latest grim uptick of Russia's nuclear weapons policy, President Vladimir Putin suggested on September 25 that the Kremlin could use nuclear weapons against any state attacking Russia if that country was supported by a nuclear power. If Russia were to launch a massive nuclear strike on Ukraine or Western Europe, there is not much the continent could do to stop it. Pavel Podvig, a senior researcher at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), is widely considered to be the world’s leading Western expert on Russia's…