Putin's Recent Nuclear Deployment Aimed at Fueling “Nuclear Anxieties” in the West and Tightening Control Over Belarus, Experts Say
Author(s): Stephen Herzog
Publisher(s): The Insider
Publication Year: 2023
CSS' Stephen Herzog was asked by The Insider to explain the threats posed by Putin's decision to construct a storage facility for tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus. According to him, it will be important to track how this arrangement develops and what level of autonomy or control Belarus will have over these deployments. For the moment, however, this action is just another example of Moscow ratcheting up tensions to intimidate NATO.