New Report Says Moscow Could Be Pushed Toward 'Nuclear Escalation' If The US Overreacts To Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine

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Business Insider: Moscow could be pushed toward 'nuclear escalation' if the US overreacts to Russia's disastrous invasion of Ukraine, new report warns 

* The US should not overreact to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a new Costs of War Project report warns.

* The report underscores that the war has shown Russia's military is much weaker than previously thought. 

* If the US overreacts, it could push Moscow toward "nuclear escalation," the report states. 

If the US and NATO overreact to Russia's invasion of Ukraine with drastic increases in defense spending and conventional forces in Europe, it could push Moscow toward "nuclear escalation," a new report from Brown University's Costs of War Project that was shared exclusively with Insider warns. 

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WNU Editor: The report is here .... Threat Inflation, Russian Military Weakness, and the Resulting Nuclear Paradox: Implications of the War in Ukraine for U.S. Military Spending (Costs of War/Brown University).