The Big Threats Are The Ones We Can't Come Back From by Caitlin Johnstone published on 2021-12-23T01:26:50Z NATO expansionism and provocations in Ukraine have caused Russia to issue warnings that it will begin creating counter-threats to those escalations if they are not scaled back, which can easily lead to another Cuban Missile Crisis-like standoff (which we barely survived by sheer dumb luck last time). Nothing about our insane cold war environment suggests western leaders will navigate this situation safely. Reading by Tim Foley. Genre News & Politics