For two decades after the end of the Cold War, our country, the United States, was the world's sole superpower and that gave us the luxury to hope for a world in which Russia and China were coming into convergence with the values of the free world.
On the recordMarch 8, 2023
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Rubio reflects on the U.S. position as a superpower post-Cold War.
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