If Putin Nukes Ukraine, Russia Could Win the War.
If Ukraine and the West continue to escalate, Putin will respond by doing what he has repeatedly warned he would do: employ nuclear weapons.
October 2, by Dr. Dan Goure, a vice president at the public-policy research think tank Lexington Institute. He has a background in the public sector and U.S. federal government, most recently serving as a member of the 2001 Department of Defense Transition Team.
His commentary originally appeared in The National Interest.