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JoyfulSilence · 46-50, M
The only major threat to Russia is mutually assured destruction.
So, if NATO expansion increases friction, then the possibility of us all dying increases.
Eastern Europe wants the nuclear umbrella of the West, for good reason. Russia wants to be able to still have the option to invade its neighbors, conventionally, without nuclear war. But they cannot invade a NATO nation without sparking a nuclear war, or at least a horrible conventional war they likely would lose, unless they go nuclear, in which case everybody loses.
So Russia does not fear invasion, rather it is annoyed when it loses the option to invade other nations.
I suspect nuclear proliferation in Europe, like to Germany and Turkey. And who knows who else?
So, if NATO expansion increases friction, then the possibility of us all dying increases.
Eastern Europe wants the nuclear umbrella of the West, for good reason. Russia wants to be able to still have the option to invade its neighbors, conventionally, without nuclear war. But they cannot invade a NATO nation without sparking a nuclear war, or at least a horrible conventional war they likely would lose, unless they go nuclear, in which case everybody loses.
So Russia does not fear invasion, rather it is annoyed when it loses the option to invade other nations.
I suspect nuclear proliferation in Europe, like to Germany and Turkey. And who knows who else?