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This week’s most interesting opinion and analysis: A coup, a Russian collapse, and why we should stop fearing a nuclear strike  Here we round up some of this week’s most interesting takes and analysis on the conflict…Could there be a coup?Russian-born historian Sergey Radchenko, in an article for Foreign Affairs, on the prospect of a coup and what might come after Putin…”Even if Putin’s deputies conclude they want Putin out, removing him from power will be difficult. Moscow has experienced no coup attempts, successful or unsuccessful, since the Soviet Union fell.”Successors may well break with the behaviour of predecessors when convenient. That means that Putin’s eventual replacement does not have to be invested in his neo-imperialist agenda. “Indeed, were Putin ousted, his successors would likely blame Ukraine on his decisions and try to begin with a clean slate.”Is Russia’s military collapsing in Ukraine?Ed Arnold, research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, said Ukraine’s counteroffensive had now achieved its “primary political objective”, of “showing the West that it can take back territory – and using the weapons systems provided to do that”.He went on: “Now they’re moving for more military objectives. First, to liberate towns and cities, as many as possible, before…
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