Oriana Skylar Mastro | CATO Unbound
There is still confusion about what types of behaviors are threatening and how to define US strategic objectives toward China. As a result, we are a long way from devising a feasible and effective strategy to preserve US interests at an acceptable cost. In the meantime, China continues to advance along its path to achieving “national rejuvenation” and great power status, potentially at the expense of US power, influence, and interests.
(The Associated Press) China’s removal of presidential term limits could see leader Xi Jinping stay in power for decades, the commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific said Thursday. Adm. Harry Harris said he viewed the move as a harbinger of the authoritarian nation’s direction and the strategic threat it poses to America.