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The Escalation Debate Strikes Back
The Europe Dispatch by Minna Alander

The Escalation Debate Strikes Back

In this week’s Europe Dispatch, Minna Ålander reviews the nuclear escalation debate that has been warmed up again after Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb.

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Hi Everyone,

Inevitably, Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb reignited the debate about escalation risks. I find it quite frustrating, as it was a completely predictable outcome that Ukrainians would take matters into their own hands and develop their own military capabilities, if their Western partners constantly kept restricting the nature and use of aid giv…

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