U.S. China strategy

A new grand strategy is desperately needed to meet not only the military threat posed by Russia, but the more comprehensive threat from China.

The U.S. military and its civilian leaders are overemphasizing militarized responses to what is largely an economic and diplomatic challenge.

From Trump to Biden, Congress has remained at the center of the so-called Washington consensus to end previous engagement in favor of strong opposition to Beijing.

The United States is currently at a crossroads with its strategic approach to China. Can “neo-engagement” provide a path forward?

NATO’s China policy must focus on core business.

Kennedy’s “flexible response” strategy for deterring and countering Soviet aggression in the 1960s could be used again.

The administration is pursuing a whole-of-government approach to counter China's concept of Comprehensive National Power.

Comparing McMaster’s China prescriptions to George Kennan’s famous containment strategy.

Beijing’s influence operations are working. Washington needs a better strategy to respond.

China, like the Soviet Union before it, is a peer competitor of the United States but it is not invincible.

These diverse views show that China is still debating how to handle an increasingly aggressive United States.