Surviving in a Deregulated Strategic World

... rival, and are very thin with China, which is. Besides the geopolitical downgrading of Russia which is not reflected in a comparable decrease in its nuclear capabilities,... ... developed their weapons in the 1950s and 1960s, have always been U.S. allies within NATO, and their weapons were always considered by Moscow to be part of the Western bloc’s... ... between the two countries, and the asymmetrical strategic position of India and Pakistan. North Korea, which developed its nuclear weapons and long-range missiles in the 21st...