Thumpalumpacus
Lieutenant Colonel
Even assuming debt has national security implications. You can cherry-pick your favored metrics as you wish.
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GDP can be gamed. That's why I'm instead looking at total government expenditure. For example, GDP doesn't include a nation's ability or willingness to assume debt during times of crisis.
He must be desperatePutin says US-Ukraine text could form basis for peace agreement
The US and Ukraine are set to hold further talks about a draft peace deal to bring to an end the conflict.www.abc.net.au
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N'ah. Putin is playing the long game and stretching this out. He cares not for Russia's personnel losses, and we can all see that Ukraine is unable to regain territory.He must be desperate
As for the concerns about Russia resorting to nuclear weapons here, I don't believe that is a real threat. The power of nukes lies in their deterrence effect not actual use. If Putin was to use nukes he would know it would mean the end of him and his regime full stop.
Admiral, You may well be right
I would suspect North Korea or Iran to use nukes before Russia or China.Agree fully. The biggest threat from nukes comes from the corruption and lack of maintenance combined with vodka and some idiot who decides to launch one to "save the motherland"
That is possibly more likely to result in detonation on launch but either way would not be good for Russia or Europe.