"and I don't think we're prepared for it on a number of levels,"
"We were wrong on both accounts,"
"China's development of a nuclear striking capability close to or equal to Russia and the United States, I think, is the gravest threat to world peace this century."
The United States misjudged how China's economic growth and rising influence would reshape global politics and assumed a growing middle class would lead to democratization. Xi Jinping has consolidated power and emerged as China's most powerful leader since Mao. China could reach nuclear parity with the United States and Russia by 2030 or sooner, creating a third nuclear superpower and risking destabilization of decades-long arms control balances. The deepening ties among Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran compound strategic concerns. U.S. preparedness is questioned across multiple levels in light of these developments.
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