Russian Federation and United States of America in the conditions of strategic instability: what risks of nuclear escalation?

The relations of two largest nuclear powers of the world — Russian Federation and United States of America [1] — are today at the lowest level since the end of cold war. Crisis started accruing since 2012 when United States of America initiated a new stage of the anti-Russian sanctions. For the bilateral relations events around Ukraine and accession Republic of Crimea to Russian Federation in 2014 became fatal. Confrontation between the parties amplified after the beginning of the Russian special military operation (SMO) in February, 2022. Some experts compare the current collision between Russian Federation and the collective West to the Cuban crisis of 1962. However, with...