# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Ambiguity as a Safety Valve: Rethinking Escalation in Russia-West Standoffs
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 12 Mar, 2026 at 12:00 pm – Thu, 12 Mar, 2026 at 01:30 pm
- **Event Description**: This seminar will discuss the strategic ambiguity in Russia-West nuclear standoffs, serving as a stabilizing “safety valve".About this EventPolitical scientists Adam N. Stulberg and Mikhail Troitskiy will argue that strategic ambiguity and misperceptions in Russia-West nuclear standoffs can serve as a stabilizing “safety valve” under certain conditions, rather than always fueling escalation. Misunderstandings are not uniformly perilous; their impact depends on whether each actor adopts a risk-acceptant (brinkmanship-driven) or opportunistic (cost-imposing) coercive posture. The authors introduce a new theoretical distinction in coercive strategy between risk-taking and opportunistic approaches, showing how each affects deterrence credibility and escalation dynamics in crisis interactions. They examine three high-stakes episodes to illustrate these dynamics: the late-2022 nuclear scare, a strategic drift in 2023-2024, and a brief but intense mutual escalation episode in Fall 2024. These cases demonstrate how mismatched coercive approaches sometimes defused tensions and averted nuclear confrontation despite intense brinkmanship. This research challenges conventional deterrence theory and offers policymakers nuanced insights into managing Russia-West standoffs by recognizing when ambiguity can help prevent conflict.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cambridge/ambiguity-as-a-safety-valve-rethinking-escalation-in-russia-west-standoffs/100001983391662855
- **Event Categories**: Art, Theatre, Workshops, literary-art
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Cambridge
- **state**: MA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: S354, CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street
- **lat**: 42.3750154
- **long**: -71.11314759999999
- **full address**: S354, CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Ambiguity as a Safety Valve: Rethinking Escalation in Russia-West Standoffs being held?
  - **A:** Ambiguity as a Safety Valve: Rethinking Escalation in Russia-West Standoffs takes place on Thu, 12 Mar, 2026 at 12:00 pm to Thu, 12 Mar, 2026 at 01:30 pm at S354, CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Ambiguity as a Safety Valve: Rethinking Escalation in Russia-West Standoffs?
  - **A:** Ambiguity as a Safety Valve: Rethinking Escalation in Russia-West Standoffs is organized by Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies.

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