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Russia’s nuclear threat on Tuesday is “the most important” in 62 years, said Gerardo Rodriguez Sanchez Lara. Professor at the Department of International Relations and Political Science at the University of America Puebla (UDLAP).

“Knowing the history of international security, this This is the most serious nuclear threat we have had since the 1962 ballistic missile crisis. who were in Cuba during the administration of President Kennedy. I have no doubt,” he said in an interview with the publication. Aristegui live.

He thought it was a document that contradicts the UN Charter, which prohibits the use of nuclear threats.

The scientist noted that Russia threatens the Western world and, quite clearly, Europe and Ukraine. Therefore, he noted that the escalation of tensions is not insignificant “because this is not the usual or symmetrical response in international relations.”

“The law of war establishes that “The response of states must be proportionate,” he repeated what did not happen during Russian aggression against Ukraine.

“The problem is that Ukraine did not have these military-defensive capabilities, it already has them and it is their right, in this interpretation of the right to war and the right to war, to use these missiles, because Russia has already used them even against civilian targets. “Ukraine, as far as we know, has stated that it will not attack civilian targets, but only military ones,” he said.

Rodriguez noted that the project has not yet been completed. development of the US missile defense system from space, as they have been trying to do since the reign of Ronald Reagan in the mid-eighties of the last century.

“Fortunately, they have maintained the balance of power between the two nuclear superpowers. although we have information that for a couple of years Russia has also been developing technology for launching its nuclear weapons into outer space.”

He recalled that the United States made it clear to Russia that it could not threaten to use nuclear weapons, and believed that In this scenario, China may be the only state that can put an end to these threats. Given that the United States is going through a political transition between outgoing President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump, who has already expressed his opposition to the ongoing escalation of the conflict, he is therefore banking on a peace process that neither Ukraine nor Russia are currently ready for .

The internationalist believes that Joe Biden’s decision to allow Ukraine to use its long-range missiles against Russia is due to his intention not to pass off history as a president who did not fully support the Ukrainian people in its right to legal defense.

However, he assured that the decision was based on the calculations of the Ministry of Defense, which exceed the US President. “We must remember that the United States Army is a constitutional army that is in the interests of the United States.”

“Of course, the decision of the outgoing president matters,” he said, noting that he certainly discussed this issue with Donald Trump at a meeting they both had at the White House a few days ago: “In that sense, I believe that It also leaves Trump with some bargaining power. with this authorization remaining within his mandate.”

“The decision maker is the current tenant of the White House,” According to him, although Trump is probably already receiving information from intelligence services with conflict scenarios not only in Ukraine, but also in the Middle East.

At the moment, Rodriguez Sanchez Lara believes that we should be closely follows what is happening in Brasilia within the framework of the G20 summit, where Russian representatives went because Putin has an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Watch the full interview: