After a quick skim of the article, the following stood out to me as things that could make discussion with Russia more difficult: "the US strategic community c

After a quick skim of the article, the following stood out to me as things that could make discussion with Russia more difficult: "the US strategic community continues to perceive Russia as a potential adversary" "no country other than Russia has the capability to preempt the launch of US forces by destroying a significant portion of them on the ground" also, this is interesting, but not as much: "with the possible exception of North Korea, the strength of whose rudimentary nuclear-weapons capabilities remains unknown"