title: Talking up Ukraine-Russia war risk is destabilising
abstract: Subject Assessing warlike talk in Russia and Ukraine. Significance Senior officials in Ukraine and Russia have repeatedly warned of impending conflict in recent weeks, each accusing the other of concentrating troops along their common border, around Crimea and on the front lines of the rebel Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Such rhetoric has been heard before, but the current atmosphere is more tense because of Russia's recent seizure of three Ukrainian naval vessels off the Crimean coast. Impacts O
journal: Emerald expert briefings