However, if Russia decides to take further aggressive action, it must also contend with surrounding European Union member nations and their potential involvement in the war. War between Ukraine and Russia is one thing Russia’s military is large enough and strong enough to easily defeat Ukraine. The recent suspension of Russia from the G8 group is a symbolic action that demonstrates that Russia will have to face a united front of world powers if it chooses to start a war.ĥ. Though Putin may have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his involvement in the Syrian chemical weapons deal, Russia’s popularity among many Western countries is not very high. Russia is already seen as the “big bad wolf” of Europe. Putin feels threatened by Russia’s changing role in world affairs and is using Crimea to tell the world that Russia still matters.Ĥ. His annexation of Crimea is more out of fear than strength. Putin’s actions demonstrate his longing for Russia’s glory days before the fall of the Soviet Union. The West has yet to attack Russia’s strongest economic assets, but the declining strength of the Russian economy puts Putin far from a position to wage a world war.ģ. Already the sanctions imposed on Russia have begun to take their toll. As a part of a globalized world, economic sanctions are more than mere slaps on the wrist. The impact of economic sanctions on the Russian economy is far too crippling for Russia to fund a war. The odds of a nuclear war with Russia are extremely unlikely.Ģ. Russia knows that if it pushes that big red button, we have our own even bigger, redder button to push in retaliation. Why? Because of mutually assured destruction (or MAD). Luckily, the Cold War never escalated to nuclear war. The end of World War II ushered the world into a precarious atomic age that characterized the international atmosphere during the Cold War. Here are five reasons why Russia won’t start World War III, or any other war for that matter:ġ. The recent events in Eastern Europe involving Russia and Ukraine have spawned, at their most extreme, apocalyptic claims.
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