Cold War Levels? Report Lists 40 Cases Of ‘Brinkmanship’ In Past Eight Months Between Russian And Western Military Forces

A Russian SU-27 Flanker aircraft banks away with a RAF Typhoon in the background. RAF Typhoons were scrambled on June 17 to intercept multiple Russian aircraft in international airspace as part of NATO’s ongoing Baltic Air Policing Mission. (UK Ministry of Defense)

European Think Tank Says Russian Brinksmanship At Cold War Levels -- FOX News

A report from a European think tank has identified more than 40 dangerous incidents involving forces from Russia and those of NATO member states over the past eight months.



The report, released Monday by the London-based European Leadership Network (ELN), specified three incidents in the past year that could have sparked open conflict between Russia and the West.



"We believe [the incidents] are a very serious development, not necessarily because they indicate a desire on the part of Russia to start a war but because they show a dangerous game of brinkmanship is being played, with the potential for unintended escalation in what is now the most serious security crisis in Europe since the cold war," the report's authors wrote.



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More News On The Growing Tensions between Russia And The West

Report Outlines Tense Episodes Between Russia and West With Echoes of Cold War -- New York Times

Close military encounters between Russia and the west ‘at cold war levels’ -- The Guardian

Russia ‘is in danger of sparking a war with the Wet’, with more than 40 ‘close encounters’ with foreign militaries in the last eight months -- Daily Mail

Russia’s Provocative Actions at Cold War Levels, Report Says -- VOA

Report: Russia spy plane nearly collided with passenger jet -- CBS/AP

Military 'near misses' rise dramatically between Russia and NATO: report -- CSM

'Highly disturbing' Russian military strategy causing dangerous military encounters - report -- Independent.ie

NATO, Russia Already At Brink Of War – Report -- IBTimes

Report on Russian military’s near-misses with West includes Canadian confrontations -- Globe and Mail/AP

Putin's War Games Are Setting Off Alarms Worldwide -- Bloomberg businesweek

Spike in Russian military activity is about more than Ukraine -- Deutsche Welle

Russian provocations on the rise: Is it a new Cold War? -- Richard Allen Greene, CNN

Full list of incidents involving Russian military and Nato since March 2014 -- The Independent