Glossary
In this packet it marks the concrete escalation step Alexander says Russia began preparing for if American rhetoric turns into renewed strategic confrontation.
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nuclear testing
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "and discussion and sometimes quite heated argument and I think there was a lot of arguments um last uh last summer um in ahead..."
Key Notes
diagnosis
Alexander says that by the time of a Security Council meeting held the day before the interview, the consensus in Moscow including Putin was that belligerent American rhetoric must be taken seriously and that Russia had begun preparing for the possible resumption of nuclear tests.
prediction
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.
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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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"and discussion and sometimes quite heated argument and I think there was a lot of arguments um last uh last summer um in ahead..."
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"...they were all talking about that they were all talking about nuclear testing and the point was we don't understand what the Americans are..."
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"...after that meeting yesterday that if there is a resumption of nuclear testing by the United States Russia will be there it will resume..."
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"...they are recalcitrant. They're stubborn. They refuse to give up their nuclear testing program."
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