M. Sarmad
THINK TANK: CONSULTANT
I don't believe these current conflicts have the potential to escalate to the level of having to resort to using nukes.
Both Ukraine and Iran are wars of choice.
Its almost impossible for anybody to contemplate using nuke weapons in either of them.
And fat kim is no threat to anybody.
People carrying guns in violent encounters are 5 times more likely to end up getting shot as per studies... Not because guns cause violence in isolation, but because once everyone is armed and escalation starts, the situation becomes harder to control...
Same logic at the state level. Nukes may have prevented a world war for 80 years, but they don’t make war impossible, they just raise the stakes once deterrence fails...
India–Pakistan shows this in real terms, including 2019 and the May escalation last year... two nuclear powers with a long history of conflict, deep mistrust, and recurring crises... A conventional war could plausibly escalate to tactical nuclear use and, from there, potentially to a broader exchange. Not inevitable, but far from unthinkable...
Same applies to Iran–Israel or Russia–Ukraine if both sides had nukes...



