Adam Thomson discusses with veteran Russian journalist Mikhail Rostovsky the risks of hazardous military incidents between Russia and NATO, the possibility of unintended escalation, and the cold war dynamics we are now seeing in the growing Russia-West confrontation.
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| 27 March 2018
What might accidental military clashes between NATO and Russia lead to?
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