I'm not sure China will like this very much... But after the failure of his negotiation track, Putin desperately wants to attract the attention of the West, and the only way he knows how is to once again talk about a global nuclear catastrophe.This is being done synchronously for all audiences – for the crude Trump, it's a demonstration of superweapons that supposedly "can bypass" any air defense, and for sensitive Europe, disinformation is being launched about a provocation that "Ukraine is preparing" to destroy the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant and contaminate all of Europe. "However, such rattling of the nuclear button will have a dual meaning for Russia. On the one hand, someone in the West might get scared. But if Putin seriously decides to get involved in a nuclear race with the U.S., his economy will face a spectacular failure – as already happened during the Cold War."The development of new air defenses in response to the anti-missile "golden dome," which Trump has already announced and will certainly create if Putin continues to scare Washington with his wunderwaffe, will be particularly unbearable. But an even greater consequence is a change in the perception of Russia. Everything connected with it in the West, and in the U.S. in particular. The war in Ukraine will no longer be perceived there as a war, albeit "unjust," but "somewhere far away." And in the public consciousness, Russia will become a direct threat not to distant Ukraine or Europe, but to the U.S. itself. Accordingly, the attitude towards sanctions and diplomacy will also be different. I think if a serious arms race begins between Russia and the U.S., we will no longer see details from European and American manufacturers in Shaheds.SourceAbout the author. Serhii Taran, political scientist.The editorial board does not always share the opinions expressed by blog authors.