Strategic Signalling and Coercive Bargaining:

This article explores Russia's contemporary strategic posture through the analytical lens of game theory, focusing on the multidimensional conflict involving Ukraine, NATO, and the European Union. In particular, it investigates the recent Russian military buildup along Finland's eastern border as part of President Vladimir Putin's broader coercive diplomacy and strategic signalling approach. The paper considers whether such manoeuvres are intended to threaten escalation against a NATO state…