Author: Rebekah Koffler, opinion contributor

Putin may take ‘catastrophic action’ in Ukraine while Washington mulls the midterms

Russia recently reaffirmed its nuclear doctrine by issuing a 345-word statement on its Foreign Ministry website. Western analysts seized on the phrase “a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought,” interpreting this as a shift from Vladimir Putin’s threats of nuclear warfare in recent months and a sign that the Kremlin may…