Many today forget that Stalin 's Soviet Union and Mao Zedong 's China were seen as more threatening in both capabilities and intentions than are today 's mullahs in Tehran , '' Richard K. Betts , a professor of political science at Columbia University , wrote in the most recent issue of The National Interest .
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Columbia University