There is a very simple problem with the policy of trying to ‘maintain full escalation dominance’. It is that China is the strategic challenger and it gets to pick when to go, which can clearly be timed to close the gap. See my policytensor.substack.com/p/the-problem-….

@policytensor Why are these two Norwegians discussing a likely Asian crisis while the Ukraine war is about to decisively move up the escalation ladder? They're taking for granted that the current Ukraine war won't escalate to nukes & discounting Russia's ability to use all means to avert loss