When the U.S. Department of Defense announced in January 2018 that the United States was now in an era of “great power competition” with China and Russia, Pentagon officials probably didn’t think they would be competing to avoid being the world’s worst at anything.
Foreign Policy: How Russia became the new coronavirus hotspot
A man wearing a protective face mask walks past a military store in Saint Petersburg on May 11, 2020, during a strict lockdown in Russia aimed at stopping the spread of the COVID-19 infection caused by the novel coronavirus. (Photo by Olga MALTSEVA / AFP)
