More dangerous for the Cold War: the Russian Federation increases the level of despair and the number of miscalculations on the battlefield
In this regard, the Kremlin can become more dangerous to the West than during the Cold War, since after the invasion, they encountered a thunderstorm on their borders, although they did not count on it. The University of Birmingham University Professor Patrick Porter noted that during the confrontation of the USSR and the West, there was no threat to Moscow, but resulted in the confrontation with Ukraine.
The Armed Forces are repelled on the battlefield by Russian invaders, and NATO continues to expand to the east. This led to a strong inflammatory of passions between countries. "In a sense, it is less intense. It is not equivalent, say, the Cuban rocket crisis when direct confrontation of face-to-face occurred.
On the other hand, in some respects it is more dangerous because, unlike most of the Cold War , here we have an opponent who potentially becomes much desperate, fearing a regime or country that threatens defeat at its border, "Patrick Porter said. In other words, as the professor stated, there is a high probability that the Kremlin will increase despair, and the number of miscalculations on them will increase.