Russia never lost the ability to conduct a large-scale nuclear strike, so in the sense that Moscow or Washington could trigger a large-scale nuclear war, things haven’t really functionally changed.
Well after the cold war there was (was) no major issue or ideology that would have sparked a war, there was during the cold war.
Well after the cold war there was (was) no major issue or ideology that would have sparked a war, there was during the cold war.
I don’t think that it was ever likely that either party was going to haul off and attack the other on ideological grounds.
Actually we had a lot of war hawks still at this point, willing to “win” before we couldn’t.