From Russia’s cyberattacks and election interference to China‘s economic buildup and expansion in the South China Sea, both countries pose pressing challenges to the global balance of power. Earlier this year, a U.S. intelligence report identified how and why Russia and China remain America’s top two international threats. It detailed how China has become a near peer with the United States and is poised to become the next superpower. And Russia will likely continue its Cold War-style confrontations with the U.S. “They are both potential threats that both pose different sets of challenges and risks, and both require different policies…