This week, our guest is Dmitry Stefanovich, research fellow in the Center for International Security at the Russian Academy of Sciences. We discuss recent revisions to Russia’s nuclear doctrine, deterrence during the war in Ukraine, Russian red lines, and the evolution of Chinese nuclear policy.
01:39 Dmitry’s Odessa origins and involvement in the Sochi Olympics
04:08 Deterrence during the Ukraine war
08:39 When were we closest to nuclear use?
11:30 Russia’s revised nuclear doctrine
20:05 US nuclear doctrine in the first Trump administration
26:05 What is the point of nuclear doctrines?
29:27 Karaganov and the Russian domestic debate about nuclear use
33:32 US and Russian mutual misperceptions
36:10 Russian red lines
40:42 China’s nuclear policy
