[Bruce Campbells Chin]

There is a difference between using nuclear weapons as a form of blackmail to seize another country's territory, and using nuclear weapons to prevent invasion of your actual home territory.

I think Russia needs to be defied with respect to the former, but I don't think any country will risk pushing them on the latter. Nor should they.

[Dr. Franklin]

There is a difference between using nuclear weapons as a form of blackmail to seize another country's territory, and using nuclear weapons to prevent invasion of your actual home territory.
I think Russia needs to be defied with respect to the former, but I don't think any country will risk pushing them on the latter. Nor should they.

No, the issue isn't an invasion of Russia, but another Russian civil war like 1917. It is places like Chechnya declaring independence again and breaking away. China would encourage this to gain influence in the Asian part of Russia.