Alexander uses the term for any revived period of easing and arms-control normalization between Moscow and Washington that he thinks would collapse if nuclear testing resumed. Alexander uses the term for any renewed easing or stabilized relationship between Moscow and Washington that he thinks would die if nuclear testing resumes.
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detente
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Alexander says the hardliners, realists, or skeptics have won the internal argument in Moscow and that Russia will resume testing itself if the United States resumes nuclear tests, ending any path back to detente or arms control.
Alexander says the hardliners, realists, or skeptics have now won the argument in Moscow, that Putin has moved toward their position, and that Russia will resume nuclear testing if the United States does, ending any path back to detente or nuclear arms control.
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"anyway all of the heavy hitters were there all of the heavy hitters were there all of the heavy hitters were there all of..."
"...and at the end of any possibility of any kind of detente or rapprochement or return to nuclear arms control between the Russian and..."
"...take the lives of innocent does having a nuke does provide detente it does provide mutual assured destruction nonetheless whether you actually deep down..."
"...know, you know, you predicted here that there would be a detente of a kind."
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