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Thomas Kent on Putin’s Nuclear Threats in The National Interest
November 13, 2025

Thomas Kent (Adjunct Associate Professor of International Affairs) recently published an article in The National Interest that questions the gravity of ‘Vladimir Putin’s nuclear saber-rattling.’  Kent discusses how Western leaders appear to be increasingly skeptical about Putin’s willingness to carry out his threats and increasingly disinclined to allow the Kremlin’s attempts at nuclear intimidation shape political policy.

 

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