Thee United States and China may well be on the road to war - and with a noose of US bases now encircling the world's newest superpower, nuclear war is not only imaginable but a nightmarish prospect.

美国和中国很可能在路上套索的战争，美军基地现在环绕世界上最新的超级大国，核战争的不仅是但一个噩梦般的的前景。

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Thee United States and China may well be on the road to war - and with a noose of US bases now encircling the world's newest superpower, nuclear war is not only imaginable but a nightmarish prospect.

美国和中国可能会在战争—路和美国基地现在绞索环绕世界的新的超级大国，核战争不仅是可能的而且一个可怕的前景。

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It rests on three geostrategic imperatives: that Russia must remain a nuclear superpower, a great power in all facets of international activity, and the hegemon the political, military, and economic leader of its region.

FORBES: The 'Putin Doctrine' And The Real Reason For Russian-American Conflict

Reporters covering the Cold War sought interviews with rebel leaders, often sneaking off into dangerous territory on the other side of the Khyber Pass to file a hagiographic portrait of human bravery confronting the might of a nuclear superpower - and winning.

BBC: Analysis: Rebels return to the frontier

The global superpower and nuclear peer that was the other party, the Soviet Union, has been out of business for over a decade.

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