The Three-Body Problem

... follows the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union and the era of frequent and deep reductions in nuclear arsenals by major powers in the 1990s and 2000s. A defining characteristic of the new phase, according to American experts, is the growth of China’s nuclear capabilities and the emergence of new nuclear powers (for obvious reasons, with a focus on North Korea developing effective nuclear forces and Iran’s threshold status). As Moscow and Washington cut their nuclear arsenals, NATO allies ...