Spooked by Russia’s incursions into Ukraine, North Korea’s erratic intransigence, and China’s new foreign-policy assertiveness, US allies and partners in East Asia and Europe have rushed back to unthinking embrace of Cold War assumptions about the deterrent utility of nuclear weapons and their central importance in security policy.
俄罗斯入侵乌克兰、朝鲜难以捉摸的不配合，以及中国立场坚定的新外交政策让美国的东亚和欧洲盟友和伙伴惊慌不已，纷纷匆忙重拾冷战思维——强调核武器的震慑功能以及在安全政策中的核心重要性。