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In today’s multipolar world, it seems that the U.S Defense Strategy is shifting from combating terrorism as the main threat for the U.S security and geopolitical interest. It seems that the Trump administration has shifted its attention towards the old adversaries and put the great powers competition back at the top spot of the U.S global security agenda.

In the aftermath of the Helsinki summit and the long-awaited meeting between President Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, many in the mainstream media question the success of these talks. One notable issue that can have a significant impact on the American security and geopolitical interest is the renewed arms race between these two powers.

At the end of the World War II, the United States emerged as one of the two superpowers in the world. And after a prolonged Cold War that ended with the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the U.S found itself as the only superpower on the planet. It proved to the thriving era for the Western democracy as the U.S hegemony kept its global supremacy on the international stage