On September 1, Senior Director of the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Matthew Kroenig, was quoted in an article by the New York Times warning of the threats the United States faces as it deals with three nuclear powers: China, North Korea, and Russia.
Washington once faced Moscow alone as a possible nuclear threat. Now, the United States has to develop a policy to deal with three nuclear powers at the same time.

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