Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a press conference a day after Japan's lower house election on October 28, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan. (Kim Kyung-Hoon via Getty Images)
Russia's President Putin and Burkina Faso's interim military president Traoré can be seen together on a poster with the slogan "Support for the transition" in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on March 5, 2024. (Christina Peters/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that Moscow might use nuclear weapons if the West attacks Russian territory. (PHOTO: GAVRIIL GRIGOROV/KREMLIN/ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Peter Huessy appears on the John Batchelor Show to discuss Putin leveraging the escalation gap by threatening to use tactical nuclear weapons.