Who's Really Deterring World War III: Timothy Snyder's high-profile article

Putin has been threatening nuclear war for almost three years, but these statements are not taken seriously even by the Russians themselves.

Kremlin dictator Vladimir Putin is increasingly trying to threaten the world with nuclear war in order to cause panic and force Ukrainians to lay down their arms. But those who believe his threats only make him stronger and actually bring World War III closer.

This opinion was expressed by American historian, Yale University professor Timothy Snyder in his article “The Third World War? Let's help those who prevent it.”

Well-founded fear or self-destructive panic

To explain the risks of the beginning of the Third World War, the historian compared them to a “burnt city”.

According to him, it would be bad if the city you live in burned down. And fearing the burning of the city is a “reasonable fear”. But when your neighbor's house caught fire, it was completely…