{"id":65635,"date":"2026-05-28T08:51:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T12:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=65635"},"modified":"2026-05-28T10:45:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T14:45:20","slug":"great-game-grinds-along-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=65635","title":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #000000;\">GREAT GAME GRINDS ALONG TOWARD GLOBAL ARMAGEDDON<\/span><\/h1>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">How The Global Geopolitical Chessboard<br \/>\nIs Being Stealthily Set Up For WW3<br \/>\nBy The Same Perfidious Perps<\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65640\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-28-at-6.06.21-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"639\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-28-at-6.06.21-AM.png 639w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-28-at-6.06.21-AM-300x156.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Started by Perfidious Albion,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Sustained by the Bloody Brits,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Funded by the London Banksters<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=65635\">SOTN<\/a> Editor&#8217;s Note: Make no mistake about it: In view of the unrelenting terrorist attacks by the NATO-Ukraine-US-UK-EU terror group against multiple civilian and energy infrastructure targets throughout the Russian Federation, the writing is on the wall&#8212;<strong>World War III is upon us<\/strong>.\u00a0 Actually, the writing is now deeply carved in stone with no off ramp for the Zio-Anglo-American aggressors who are hellbent on conquering Russia in order to steal anything and everything, especially its vast natural resources.\u00a0 Particularly in light of the fact that the utterly bankrupt West has no other option at this point&#8212;but to rape, pillage and plunder Russia with wanton abandon&#8212;except, that is, to carry out a highly engineered economic and financial collapse via a covert and cunning controlled demolition like they did in September\/October of 2008. See: <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=16072\">INSTRUCTIVE FLASHBACK: <strong>The Pre-Planned Financial and Economic 9\/11 of 2008<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, what&#8217;s of paramount importance to understand is that the main culprit &#8212; <em>Perfidious Albion<\/em>\u00a0 &#8212; has always been used to do the dirty work by the well concealed puppet masters at the very peak of the pinnacle of the world power pyramid.\u00a0 After all, it was not easy building the world&#8217;s largest empire upon which the sun never set.\u00a0 And, it was even harder maintaining the British Empire, which effectively lasted from 1583 to 1997.\u00a0 It&#8217;s also quite a chore &#8216;policing&#8217; its current imperialistic incarnation euphemistically known as the British &#8220;Commonwealth of Nations&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What&#8217;s the critical point?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Just as the Zionist state of Israel is not a serious power center (what Illuminati eminence grise, with a truly Phaoronic bloodline, would ever live there); similarly, the notorious Bloody Brits and seemingly all-powerful London banksters who populate <em>Perfidious Albion<\/em> are as exposed as any camarilla of genocidal maniacs and cabal of incorrigible thieves on the planet.\u00a0 All of which means two things: the Roman Empire is alive and well and still being administered from a very safe place on The Continent.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, who doesn&#8217;t know that the Vatican city-state rules the City of London city-state; and that the London city-state rules the Washington, D.C. city-state.\u00a0 But who rules the Vatican?\u00a0 The same <strong>Babylonian Banking Cartel<\/strong> who created the international crime syndicate that emerged from the marriage of the <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=63726\"><em><strong>Northern Italian Black Nobility<\/strong><\/em><\/a> and <em><strong>Khazarian Mafia<\/strong><\/em> (along with their generations of Jewish banking families) back in the 13th century.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=65288\">THE UNSEEN &amp; UNHEARD<br \/>\nINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME SYNDICATE<br \/>\nBEHIND THE <em>NEW WORLD ORDER<\/em><\/a><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The bottom line is that Great Britain was deviously used to inaugurate the Great Game centuries ago as a means to conquer and control the enormous Russian territories.\u00a0 After all, it was quite easy for the <strong>Black Nobility<\/strong>, holed up in their Swiss fortresses next to their Swiss banks, to galvanize that small island nation with few resources to colonize the then known world in the avid pursuit of <em>Mammon<\/em>. See: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=50521\">Switzerland: Secret Capital of the <em>New World Order<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=65635\">State of the Nation<\/a><br \/>\nMay 28, 2026<\/p>\n<p>N.B. The following analysis is as good as it gets from the perspective of Perfidious Albion&#8217;s role in <strong>&#8220;GREAT GAME GRINDS ALONG TOWARD GLOBAL ARMAGEDDON&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65760\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ChatGPT-Image-May-24-2026-06_13_15-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ChatGPT-Image-May-24-2026-06_13_15-PM.jpg 800w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ChatGPT-Image-May-24-2026-06_13_15-PM-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ChatGPT-Image-May-24-2026-06_13_15-PM-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Is 1914 repeating itself? Will war between Europe and Russia finally break out openly?<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Everyone is focused on the war in Iran. However, the conflict between Europe and Russia could escalate at any moment as well. Through Ukraine, the Europeans are waging a direct war against Russia\u2014will the bear finally wake up and strike back against Europe?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Peter Hanseler\u00a0\/\u00a0Ren\u00e9 Zittlau<br \/>\n<a class=\"donation\" href=\"https:\/\/forumgeopolitica.com\/donation\">Forum Geopolitica<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Introduction<\/h2>\n<p>The outbreak of war in 1914 came as a surprise to many, as they were unaware that the British had set a trap for the Germans that snapped shut in the summer of 1914. Even 100 years later, Christopher Clark wrote the bestseller \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.de\/dp\/0141027827\/?bestFormat=true&amp;k=the%20sleepwalkers%20how%20europe%20went%20to%20war%20in%201914&amp;ref_=nb_sb_ss_w_scx-ent-bk-ww_k0_1_16_de&amp;crid=31Y3NKE7M9O3G&amp;sprefix=The%20sleepwalkers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914<\/a>,\u201d implying that the war had been unintended and avoidable. Like all major wars, the British left nothing to chance\u2014everything was calculated, and the culprit was identified from the first day of the war: Germany. A falsehood that persists in history books to this day. The British and Americans also had a hand in the outbreak of World War II. After this war, too, both managed to present themselves as great liberators (see our article \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/forumgeopolitica.com\/article\/will-evil-prevail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Will Evil Prevail?<\/a>\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>If war were to break out in Europe for the third time in 112 years, the culprit would already be identified: Russia. Since 2014, Europe and the US have been waging a war against Russia, so far limited to Ukrainian territory. That could change soon.<\/p>\n<p>In March\/April 2022, a few weeks after the start of the special operation, Russia attempted to reach an agreement with the Ukrainians, which nearly succeeded. Then Boris Johnson appeared in Kyiv as an envoy of \u201c<em>Perfidious Albion<\/em>\u201d and saved the war. The subsequent major NATO counteroffensive in the summer of 2023 failed miserably against the Russians\u2019 fortifications\u2014NATO\u2019s humiliation was great, Ukraine\u2019s losses terrible. In total, they amount to 2 million dead and millions wounded, which corresponds to nearly 10% of the remaining population in 2026. The Russians have likely suffered around 200,000 casualties; relative to a total population of 147 million, that is few. For the bereaved families on both sides of the front, it is a catastrophe.<\/p>\n<p>The will to win, loyalty to the homeland, and military and strategic superiority are reflected, among other things, in the number of volunteers. In Russia, approximately 1,200 volunteers continue to sign up for the front lines\u2014every single day. The situation in Ukraine is the exact opposite. Bounty hunters are hunting young men like animals, leading to increasing attacks on them by the local population; even heroic grandmothers are taking up sticks against this scum, because deployment to the front in Ukraine means certain death or capture as a prisoner of war. The regular troops have been so decimated that the forcibly recruited, fresh new soldiers, who have undergone a two-week crash course, either die or desert.<\/p>\n<p>Even after four years of war, the Western media paint a different picture, though they are increasingly struggling to substantiate their propagandistic predictions of a Ukrainian \u201cvictory\u201d and a Russian \u201ccollapse\u201d with facts. Yet this \u201cjournalism\u201d is still enough to keep the more naive readers hanging on.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cUkraine now serves merely as a fig leaf for Europe\u2019s open war against Russia\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>NATO is escalating a war in which, by its own account, it is not officially directly involved, but the truth is quite different. Starting in 2022, it first supplied artillery, then main battle tanks, then fighter jets, then missiles, then cruise missiles\u2014all as part of a package that included on-site experts to maintain, program, and guide these weapons.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Research Service of the German Bundestag,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/resource\/blob\/892384\/d9b4c174ae0e0af275b8f42b143b2308\/WD-2-019-22-pdf-data.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Germany had already left the \u201csafe zone of non-belligerence\u201d as early as 2022<\/a>\u00a0by training Ukrainian soldiers on the delivered weapons . This official analysis and assessment dates back merely four years and strikes the reader of 2026 as a document from pre-war times.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, countless red lines have been crossed, and we already reflected on this in early February 2023 in \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/forumgeopolitica.com\/article\/sleepwalkers-at-work-world-war-3-has-probably-already-begun-642\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sleepwalkers at Work: World War III Has Likely Already Begun<\/a>.\u201d The escalation across Europe has recently reached a point where even the Russian leadership, which is striving for a diplomatic solution, will no longer be able to ignore the realities. European countries are preparing to station nuclear weapons in Poland and are producing thousands of drones\u2014manufactured outside Ukraine\u2014capable of reaching and damaging infrastructure deep within Russia. On May 22, the brutality reached a new peak: In Luhansk, a student dormitory was attacked by over a dozen drones\u2014notably at night, while all the students were asleep. The result: 21 dead students and scores of wounded. The similarities to Israeli warfare are striking. Moreover, these attacks are evidently being launched not only from Ukraine but also directly from the Baltic states. Furthermore, in an interview with the \u201cNeue Z\u00fcrcher Zeitung\u201d (NZZ) on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/zeitungsarchiv.nzz.ch\/read\/2935704\/2935704\/2026-05-18\/6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">May 18<\/a>, the Latvian foreign minister even claimed that NATO has the means to \u201crazed to the ground\u201d Russian military installations in Kaliningrad.<\/p>\n<p>The current attacks can no longer be described as Ukrainian. Ukraine now serves merely as a fig leaf for Europe\u2019s open war against Russia.<\/p>\n<h2>Europe&#8217;s Lack of Fear of War<\/h2>\n<p>The escalations described here stem from Europe\u2019s mistaken belief that Russia\u2019s restraint in the face of years of Western provocation is a sign of weakness. The fact that Europeans interpret this patience and desire for de-escalation in this way only increases the risk of a major conflict. The Russians have good\u2014indeed, very good\u2014reasons to prevent another direct war with Europe. No country\u2014except China\u2014suffered on such an apocalyptic scale during World War II as the Soviet Union. This is still omnipresent in Russian society today. President Putin knows this, and a de-escalatory stance regarding war is the hallmark of a president who respects and honors the 27 million victims.<\/p>\n<p>Europeans, on the other hand\u2014especially the Germans\u2014have completely lost their fear of war, including nuclear war. These are not mere assumptions, but proven facts. For instance, as early as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.n-tv.de\/politik\/Merz-Habe-keine-Angst-vor-Atomkrieg-article23303793.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">May 2022<\/a>, when the arms delivery bonanza in Germany was really taking off, Friedrich Merz announced that he was not afraid of a nuclear war. While Merz was still in the opposition in 2022, this fool is currently the Chancellor. Anyone who isn\u2019t afraid of a nuclear war is a fool. The German media downplays this statement\u2014but we\u2019ll see below that Mr. Merz essentially meant exactly what he said.<\/p>\n<p>Together with Starmer and Macron, the former flag cadet of the Bundeswehr is leading Europe toward war, with the full support of Ms. von der Leyen and Ms. Kallas, who are evidently willing to act out their Russophobia to the extent of accepting the downfall of Western Europe.<\/p>\n<p>What these ladies and gentlemen seem unable to grasp is the fact that President Putin, with his conciliatory stance and goodwill toward Europe, is among the most patient. The claim repeatedly made in the West that Russia in general and President Putin in particular are aggressors cannot be substantiated by facts. In Russia, there has been intense debate since at least 2014 over whether to take a tougher stance toward Europe. There are numerous influential figures who criticize the Kremlin\u2019s diplomacy-oriented strategy. In light of the West\u2019s irrational policies, these views are gaining increasing support, and the proposals made are by no means limited to diplomatic notes of protest or tougher rhetoric. Russia is currently debating whether to sober up the war-drunk Europeans by force of arms, with Professor Karaganov having for years sought to persuade the Kremlin to adopt a course of action that includes the use of nuclear weapons against Europe.<\/p>\n<h2>\u201cKaraganov Doctrine\u201d<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/karaganov.ru\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Professor Sergey Karaganov<\/a>\u00a0is Honorary Chairman of the Russian Council on Foreign and Defense Policy and a faculty member at the School of International Economics and Foreign Affairs at the Higher School of Economics (HSE) in Moscow. Although he is not a member of the Russian government, his influence on the views of decision-makers should not be underestimated.<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65741\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-28-at-8.54.48-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-28-at-8.54.48-AM.png 460w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-28-at-8.54.48-AM-264x300.png 264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>Sergey Karaganov takes a hard line \u2013 Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/karaganov.ru\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Karaganov.ru<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>Karaganov wrote an article\u2014a memorandum\u2014as early as June 2023. In this essay, he placed the issues surrounding the current conflict in Ukraine within a broader context. He concluded that the government\u2019s conciliatory, diplomatic stance would not succeed, since a Europe in decline had not the slightest interest in seeking and implementing a diplomatic\u2014that is, peaceful\u2014solution.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cWe must not repeat the \u201cUkrainian scenario.\u201d For a quarter of a century, we did not listen to those who warned that NATO expansion would lead to war, and tried to delay and \u201cnegotiate.\u201d As a result, we have got a severe armed conflict. The price of indecision now will be higher by an order of magnitude.\u201d<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/karaganov.ru\/en\/a-difficult-but-necessary-decision\/#:~:text=We%20must%20not,order%20of%20magnitude.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Sergey Karaganow, 13 June 2023<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>He believes that Russia will prevail on the battlefield, regardless of whether it conquers only the four regions that already belong to Russia (Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson), additional territories, or even all of Ukraine. However, this would not solve the problem, because a purely military victory would not bring peace and would not resolve the issue. The West\u2019s will to aggress must be broken. However, this alone cannot be achieved through nuclear deterrence, as Western Europe has lost its fear of war\u2014even of nuclear war. Statements by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SPqHgS9VJuo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Friedrich Merz from 2024<\/a>\u00a0confirm Karaganov\u2019s assertion, as Merz declared, among other things: \u201c<em>Freedom is more important than peace. (\u2026) You can find peace in any cemetery<\/em>.\u201d A chancellor with such a limited understanding of politics naturally has no fear of a nuclear war with Russia either. In that case, Germany can only look back longingly to Helmut Schmidt. The former German chancellor (1974\u20131982), who himself served as a young officer on the Eastern Front, coined the quote:<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cPeople who have never experienced war but who wage or provoke war themselves do not realize the terrible damage they are causing.\u201d<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Helmut Schmidt<\/h4>\n<p>Germans are fully justified in asking why there are no longer any wise politicians in their country these days.<\/p>\n<p>According to Karaganov, at any rate, the goal is to restore this fear of war. Quote:<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">&#8220;We will have to make nuclear deterrence a convincing argument again by lowering the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons set unacceptably high, and by rapidly but prudently moving up the deterrence-escalation ladder.&#8221;<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/karaganov.ru\/en\/a-difficult-but-necessary-decision\/#:~:text=Therefore%2C%20it%20is,global%20thermonuclear%20war.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Sergey Karaganow, 13. Juni 2023<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Folglich schl\u00e4gt Karaganow den Einsatz von Nuklearwaffen vor, um die Angst vor diesen Waffen wiederherzustellen und vertritt die Meinung, dass ein Vergeltungsschlag nicht zu erwarten sei, da die Amerikaner zum einen nicht ihr eigenes Land in Gefahr bringen w\u00fcrden und zum anderen nicht Boston f\u00fcr Posen opfern.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">&#8220;I have said and written many times that if we correctly build a strategy of intimidation and deterrence and even use of nuclear weapons, the risk of a \u201cretaliatory\u201d nuclear or any other strike on our territory can be reduced to an absolute minimum. Only a madman, who, above all, hates America, will have the guts to strike back in \u201cdefense\u201d of Europeans, thus putting his own country at risk and sacrificing conditional Boston for conditional Poznan.&#8221;<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/karaganov.ru\/en\/a-difficult-but-necessary-decision\/#:~:text=I%20have%20said,for%20conditional%20Poznan.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Sergey Karaganow, 13 June 2023<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>One can certainly agree with Karaganov\u2019s view that pursuing a diplomatic solution to the conflict will not yield a lasting result for Russia; in other words, due to the strategic aggression of Europe\u2014and the US as well\u2014peace with Ukraine, or whatever remains of it, will not be possible.<\/p>\n<p>I do not consider Karaganov\u2019s advocacy of a limited first strike with nuclear weapons\u2014even following a warning strike with conventional weapons, as he has proposed\u2014to be a wise strategy. When President Putin was asked about the Karaganov Doctrine on June 16, 2023, he clearly stated, \u201c<em>I reject it<\/em>,\u201d and explained, among other things:<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">&#8220;I\u00a0have already said that the\u00a0use of\u00a0the\u00a0ultimate deterrent is only possible in\u00a0case of\u00a0a\u00a0threat to\u00a0the\u00a0Russian state. In\u00a0this case, we will certainly use all the\u00a0forces and\u00a0means at\u00a0the\u00a0disposal of\u00a0the\u00a0Russian state. There is no doubt about that.&#8221;<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.kremlin.ru\/events\/president\/news\/71445#:~:text=I%C2%A0have%20already%20said%20that%20the%C2%A0use%20of%C2%A0the%C2%A0ultimate%20deterrent%20is%20only%20possible%20in%C2%A0case%20of%C2%A0a%C2%A0threat%20to%C2%A0the%C2%A0Russian%20state.%20In%C2%A0this%20case%2C%20we%20will%20certainly%20use%20all%20the%C2%A0forces%20and%C2%A0means%20at%C2%A0the%C2%A0disposal%20of%C2%A0the%C2%A0Russian%20state.%20There%20is%20no%20doubt%20about%20that.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">President Putin, 16 June 2023<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Nevertheless, on November 19, 2024, the Russian Federation updated its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mid.ru\/en\/foreign_policy\/international_safety\/1434131\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">nuclear doctrine<\/a>. Sergey Karaganov had a significant influence on the public and expert debate that preceded the revised Russian nuclear doctrine, but\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/isagsq\/article\/6\/2\/ksag072\/8661591\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">there is no clear evidence<\/a>\u00a0that he was directly involved in its official drafting.<\/p>\n<p>The threshold for when nuclear weapons may be used has been lowered: Russia reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in response to a conventional (non-nuclear) attack that poses a critical threat to the sovereignty or territorial integrity of Russia or Belarus (as part of the Union State). In the 2020 version, a higher threshold applied: an attack that threatens the \u201cexistence of the state.\u201d The doctrine was supplemented by a so-called \u201cJoint attack clause\u201d: An attack on Russia (or its allies) by a non-nuclear-weapon state with the participation or support of a nuclear-weapon state is considered a joint attack by both states. This targets scenarios in which the West supports Ukraine. (Full text in English:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mid.ru\/en\/foreign_policy\/international_safety\/1434131\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The new doctrine has lowered the threshold for use and widened the constellation of the attack.<\/p>\n<p>I cannot judge whether the current attacks by the Europeans meet the criteria for a nuclear response.<\/p>\n<p>There are two further important arguments against deployment in the current situation. If Russia\u2014following the United States in 1945\u2014were to launch a nuclear strike, this would make Russia a nuclear aggressor. Regardless of whether the nuclear doctrine permits such a deployment, it would be extremely damaging to the country\u2019s reputation and place an enormous strain on relations with friendly nations. Furthermore, it would generally\u2014and particularly for Israel and the US.\u2014lower the threshold for the use of these weapons.<\/p>\n<p>Just as in Russia, hardliners in the US are already advocating for the use of tactical nuclear weapons. Some experts (e.g., from the Hudson Institute or the Heritage Foundation, as well as figures such as Keith Payne and Elbridge Colby in the broader context of deterrence) argue that the US must have better tools for \u201cescalation dominance,\u201d including tactical nuclear weapons. Setting such a precedent would open Pandora\u2019s box. The risk of further escalation would be significantly higher than it is today, and the end of humanity would be\u00a0<em>de facto<\/em>\u00a0within reach.<\/p>\n<h2>Conventional Escalation<\/h2>\n<p>Although the use of nuclear weapons against Europe would do more harm than good under the current circumstances, Russia will have to consider how to confront the Europeans in order to bring this conflict to a military end\u2014the war with Europe, mind you, not with Ukraine.<\/p>\n<h3>Oreshnik<\/h3>\n<p>Karaganov\u2019s white paper dates from June 2023\u2014at that time, the \u201cOreshnik\u201d did not yet exist. This weapon was first deployed on November 21, 2024, against Ukraine\u2019s largest defense complex, the \u201cYuzhmash\u201d corporation in Dnipro. Multiple underground floors were completely destroyed, and this was achieved without any warhead, solely through the weapon\u2019s kinetic energy. We reported on this in \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/forumgeopolitica.com\/article\/putin-checkmates-nato-reason-to-be-hopeful-84\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Putin Checkmates NATO \u2013 Reason for Hope?<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Oreshnik flies at a speed of Mach 10, which makes this weapon invulnerable. Western defense systems are effective against targets up to a speed of Mach 3. Furthermore, according to initial estimates, the Oreshnik has 6 warheads, each of which has three sub-warheads. These 18 projectiles in total can be programmed to strike different targets and are individually navigable. The kinetic energy resulting from a speed of Mach 10 alone makes the impact of this weapon difficult to imagine and brings it close to the destructive power of a tactical nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n<p>Russia therefore certainly possesses means of escalation below the nuclear threshold. In terms of their effect, however, they come close to tactical nuclear weapons. The American military expert Scott Ritter provided detailed information about this weapon on November 26, 2025. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/forumgeopolitica.com\/article\/the-oreshnik-factor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Oreshnik Factor<\/a>\u201d\u2014highly recommended.<\/p>\n<p>Although Karaganov has mentioned the Oreshnik in his appearances since its first deployment, he does not seem willing to include it in his strategic considerations as an alternative to nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n<h3>Possible Strategy<\/h3>\n<p>Europe has been supporting Ukraine\u2019s actions since well before 2022. By now, Europe\u2019s leaders are openly advocating a strategy of \u201c<em>forever war<\/em>\u201d against Russia\u2014a strategy that merely glosses over Europe\u2019s role as an aggressor with empty rhetoric. Words alone cannot convince an aggressor of the wrongdoing of its actions. Russia must do more than send a signal; the use of military force against Europe itself is on debate.<\/p>\n<p>The information regarding the targets of the attacks, as well as the target coordinates, comes from NATO satellites and surveillance drones and aircraft. The imposition of a no-fly zone over the Black Sea would be a first step. The US has employed this measure several times in recent decades; for example, in Iraq (1991\u20132003), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1993\u20131995), and Libya (2011).<\/p>\n<p>The Collective West would howl over such a measure and appeal to international law. A weak argument from countries that created the Ukraine problem in the first place, and that advocate genocide in the Middle East, the overthrow of Maduro, and an attack on Iran. This\u00a0<em>no-fly<\/em>\u00a0zone would have to be enforced with radical military force from day one.<\/p>\n<p>The second step would be the announcement that within 24 hours of another attack on targets within Russia, a military response would follow against the production facilities of those countries that manufacture, supply, and maintain the weapons used in the attack. Such an attack would then, however, have to result in complete destruction\u2014and not merely serve as a signal.<\/p>\n<p>The third stage of escalation would then be the announcement of the destruction of decision-making centers in Europe and the implementation of that plan. This includes military command centers, the headquarters of the relevant intelligence agencies, and, in a further escalation, government seats of power.<\/p>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>The situation for Russia is extremely serious. NATO seems to have grown accustomed to waging war against Russia \u201cfrom a safe distance\u201d without facing any negative consequences. If Russia does not immediately curb NATO\u2019s appetite, this will further embolden the Collective West\u2019s strategy of weakening Russia forever\u2014\u201c<em>forever war<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The strategies and possible Russian responses discussed here have the advantage of bringing about a decision, but they also carry the risk of World War III breaking out openly. Such an escalation should only be advocated by those who are prepared to sacrifice their own lives and the lives of their loved ones. On all sides of the conflict. This certainly corresponds more to the Russian mentality and not at all to the Western one.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen how Russia assesses the current situation and what conclusions it draws. However, the risk of a full-scale escalation is in any case significantly higher than the public would like to believe.<\/p>\n<p>____<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/forumgeopolitica.com\/article\/is-1914-repeating-itself-will-war-between-europe-and-russia-finally-break-out-openly\">https:\/\/forumgeopolitica.com\/article\/is-1914-repeating-itself-will-war-between-europe-and-russia-finally-break-out-openly<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65635"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65765,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65635\/revisions\/65765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}