Escalation Signaling in Ukraine and Its Implications for the Strategic Russia-US Relationship

... definition of the role of these technologies in their respective postures. Therefore, although the battlefield use of UAVs and hypersonic missiles is not a pretext for lowering the nuclear threshold per se, their employment by the nuclear-capable states ... ... of recurrent bilateral interactions. Although Russia has rejected the recent U.S. proposal to resum e systematic dialogue on strategic stability and arms control, both states should continue to seek other opportunities—whether as a track-1.5 format ...