https://www.scmp.com/rss/513690/feed Dr Avigdor Haselkorn is a strategic analyst and the author of books, articles and op-ed articles on national security affairs en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Historians will record 2022 as the year Russian President Vladimir Putin reintroduced nuclear weapons into the centre of the East-West rivalry. After years of the ultimate weapon staying in the background, acting exclusively as a deterrent to a direct military clash between the major powers, Putin has put them back on the table. He is blatantly trying to capitalise on these weapons to secure an expansionist political agenda. The reintroduction was made in two phases. The first commenced... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3194572/bluff-or-not-putins-revival-nuclear-threat-global-security-game?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3194572/bluff-or-not-putins-revival-nuclear-threat-global-security-game?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 03 Oct 2022 19:30:07 +0000 Ominous new signs suggest Russia’s foreign policy could become even more extreme soon. In effect, Russia has affiliated itself with a grouping known as the “radical entente”. The original “radical entente” emerged in the early 1980s and comprised North Korea, Iran, Syria and Libya. Its member states collaborated in a shared effort to resist the United States, harm its interests and expel it from the Middle East and East Asia. To accomplish its strategic objectives, the entente employed three... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3193128/radical-entente-russias-corner-could-be-double-edged-sword-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3193128/radical-entente-russias-corner-could-be-double-edged-sword-china?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 21 Sep 2022 17:30:09 +0000