Biden Can’t Counter China on His Own

The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, Washington, D.C., February 2023 Nathan Howard / Reuters Sign in and save to read later Share Print this article Save Send by email Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Get a link Page url Request Reprint Permissions Download Article PDF is a subscriber-only feature. Click here to subscribe. There is a growing bipartisan awareness in the United States that the totalitarian global ambitions of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) make it the most dangerous threat the free world has faced since the Cold War, and perhaps ever. In recognition of that threat, U.S. President Donald Trump’s National Security Council announced a comprehensive China strategy in May 2020 and later declassified its Indo-Pacific strategy. These documents were built around three key objectives: protecting the U.S. homeland, preserving the peace through a policy of strength, and advancing American prosperity by reshoring the key pillars of the U.S.

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ARTHUR HERMAN is a Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute. He served as a Senior Adviser on the National Security Council from 2020 to 2021. More By Robert C. O’Brien More By Arthur Herman More: United States China Geopolitics Science & Technology Security Defense & Military Intelligence