we asked igor istomin from mgimo about its features. yzing this phenomenon for a long time. igor, is there a well-thought-out theory of escalation in the field of weapons of mass destruction? probably the most famous author who did this was herman kahn, who developed a clear a multi-level ladder of escalation with... there are verbal warnings, relatively speaking, warning shots, yes, when they use, for example, even nuclear weapons, but to strike some insignificant objects, and it was assumed that all this would be help, as if to compete with the enemy and for and at the same time contain possible negative consequences after preventing a nuclear full-fledged nuclear one. when the soviet archives were opened in the nineties and it became clear what kind of ideas, including those of the soviets, military, it turned out that the general staff of the armed forces of the ussr did not expect any games at all, such games with controlled escalation, with limited war, it was clearly stated there that if... there is a clash with nato, then that me