NUCLEAR DIPLOMACY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RUSSO-UKRAINIAN WAR
NUCLEAR DIPLOMACY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RUSSO-UKRAINIAN WAR

Author(s): Mihai ZODIAN
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Security and defense, Military policy, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: nuclear safety; deterrence; compellence; nuclear weapons; nuclear proliferation; security regimes.
Summary/Abstract: The Russian aggression against Ukraine resurrected old nuclear fears from their grave. This is an understandable and somehow unavoidable effect, yet a thorough study of nuclear weapons and the interaction that they enable is important, allowing decision-makers and the public to avoid costly mistakes. This paper is designed as an essay about nuclear weapons, alongside strategic relations as a context for the Russo-Ukrainian War, focusing on nuclear safety, coercive diplomacy and security regimes. The main conclusions are that the risk of accidents remains, the fear of escalation is not always effective as a foreign policy tool, and that international institutions have seriously been weakened.

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