1、Issue BriefDecember 22,2025Nuclear priorities for the Trump administration:A time to decideBy Matthew Kroenig and Jonathan RosensteinBottom lines up frontThe United States faces a deteriorating global security environment,adversary governments engaged in unprecedented levels of coordination,and disr
2、uptive military and dual-use technologies shaping the future of warfare.In this context,Washington must brace for a seismic shift in thestrategic landscape.This report offers recommendations to the Donald Trump administration for policy and investment decisions that will shapethis new era of strateg
3、ic competition in the United States favor.Strategic threats facing the United States and its alliesFor the first time in its history,the United States will soon need to deter two adversaries with nuclear arsenals as large as its own nuclear forces.China is undergoing the largest nuclear breakout sin
4、ce the height of the Cold War,Russia maintains the largest and most diverse nuclearweapons stockpile in the world,and both seek to leverage their nuclear capabilities to reshape the international order to be more suited to theirinterests and governing systems.Beyond the great powers,North Koreas nuc