News Snapshot:
Vladimir Putin announced on Sunday that he would soon store a small number of Russian nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus. The European Union’s high representative for foreign affairs denounced it as “an irresponsible escalation and threat to European security.” The Ukrainian foreign affairs ministry called it “yet another provocative step by Putin’s criminal regime.” But does it matter? Not really—though the move might backfire, if the West shrewdly exploits it. The U.S. Defense Department’s calmer response was the appropriate one: “We have not seen any reason to adjust our own strategic nuclear posture.” Putin’s move is mainly rash and baffling....
