Can Back Channels Prevent Direct Military Conflict Between Russia and NATO?

​By Yury Nadtochey, for Fletcher Security Review

Against the background of ongoing war in Ukraine few options remain to escape the worst scenario of tensions between Russia and the West in Eastern Europe and beyond. We might point out three possible ways on how this disastrous future can be avoided: 

1) unilateral steps taken by the conflicting parties in order to de-escalate; 

2) enhancing existing communication lines; 

3) back channel diplomacy

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(This post is republished from Fletcher Security Review.)