Euromaidan Press on Nostr: Russia, having launched a war of conquest against Ukraine, now wants to keep its own ...

Russia, having launched a war of conquest against Ukraine, now wants to keep its own territory out of the war. The Kremlin claims the right to use nuclear weapons when conventional forces threaten Russian infrastructure or state control.

Let's propose a counter-doctrine, says philosopher Slavoj Žižek. If a nuclear superpower attacks a country, its allies have the right – even the duty – to provide it with nuclear weapons so that it has a chance of deterring an attack.