No longer the unthinkable? Putin repeats nuclear threat as Russia retreats in Ukraine

It is not just Putin. North Korea seems ready to think about the unthinkable. For the first time in five years, Pyongyang has conducted a ballistic missile test over Japan into the Pacific. How volatile is this moment in time?

As we approach the 60th anniversary of the Cold War's most nerve-wracking standoff, some argue that there is even more uncertainty today than during the Cuban missile crisis. 

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