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The U.S. Is Playing the Wrong Game in the Competition with China
Washington should take a page out of Beijing’s playbook and rebalance its investments and energy towards economic and diplomatic interactions while at the same time moving toward a smaller but still robust defensive capability.
The Pentagon has defined China as the “pacing threat” driving U.S. military spending and strategy.
- Christopher A. Preble and William D. Hartung
- The National Interest
Hawks on Capitol Hill have come together in a virtual Greek chorus sounding the alarm about how Beijing is outstripping the U.S. militarily—or will soon do so unless U.S. taxpayers spend far more on national security.
These claims are both misleading and misguided.
When it comes to competing with China for global influence, Washington is playing the wrong game.