The essay claims that this term “strategicheskoe (strategic) sderzhivanie” is used in reputable and official Russian documents but is not a conceptual analog to “strategic deterrence” as used in the West. It is much more comprehensive for better or for worse. In the West, deterrence, (in particular strategic deterrence), conceptually derives from Schelling and (to greatly oversimplify) means to prevent an adversary from challenging the West under threat of nuclear annihilation.
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