Category: strategy

China is America’s ‘Most Lethal, Dangerous Adversary’: Former Defense Secretary

China’s communist government is the greatest foreign threat facing the United States, according to former defense secretary Mark Esper, who also said that the regime should be considered an adversary. “Today, I would describe [China] as our adversary,” Esper said during a July 14 talk at the Brookings Institution, a Washington-based think tank. “To me,…


US Military Cannot Fulfill National Defense Strategy Due to Force Cuts: Experts

The U.S. military is not able to fully realize the demands of the National Defense Strategy due to years of force cuts and a failure to modernize its arsenal, according to experts. “There’s a huge gap between what the national defense strategy requires that the Navy, the Air Force, the Army, and the Marine Corps…


US Military Can’t Fulfill National Defense Strategy Because of Force Cuts: Experts

The U.S. military isn’t able to fully realize the demands of the National Defense Strategy because of years of force cuts and a failure to modernize its arsenal, according to experts. “There’s a huge gap between what the national defense strategy requires that the Navy, the Air Force, the Army, and the Marine Corps [provide]…


Allies ‘Essential’ to US Indo-Pacific Strategy: Rep. Houlahan

The United States needs to improve its relationship with allies and partners to adequately compete with China in the Indo-Pacific, according to one Congressmember. “We need to be doing a better job, in my opinion, on our alliances and relationships in Asia in the [Indo-Pacific] area,” said Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.) during a conversation at…


Blinken Unveils Biden Administration’s China Strategy, Says US Will Not ‘Decouple’ From China

The United States will not seek to decouple its economy from China, according to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who unveiled the Biden administration’s China strategy on May 26. “The United States does not want to sever China’s economy from ours or from the global economy,” Blinken said. “Though Beijing through its rhetoric is pursuing…


Blinken Unveils Biden Administration’s China Strategy, Says US Won’t ‘Decouple’ From China

The United States won’t seek to decouple its economy from China, according to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who unveiled the Biden administration’s China strategy on May 26. “The United States does not want to sever China’s economy from ours or from the global economy, though Beijing, through its rhetoric, is pursuing asymmetric decoupling, seeking…


US Seeks to Bridge Europe and Asia in Indo-Pacific: Top White House Official

The United States will work to coordinate new economic and security frameworks between its partners in European and Asian nations amid increased assertiveness by China, according to the seniormost Asia advisor at the White House. “One of the important contributions of a steady and stable Indo-Pacific approach is to work more fundamentally with allies and…


US Military Spending Does Not Match Strategic Needs: Rep. Rogers

U.S. military spending does not currently match the Biden administration’s defense strategy, according to Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.). “It really doesn’t matter what the defense strategy is if you don’t have robust spending,” Rogers said. “The fact is that we are in the early stages of a transformation of our military modernization process that is…


US Military Spending Doesn’t Match Strategic Needs: Rep. Rogers

U.S. military spending doesn’t currently match the Biden administration’s defense strategy, according to the ranking Republican member of the House Armed Services Committee. “It really doesn’t matter what the defense strategy is if you don’t have robust spending,” Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) said. “The fact is that we are in the early stages of a…


Biden to Host ASEAN Leaders as Part of Indo-Pacific Strategy: Senior White House Official

The Biden administration is organizing the first-ever Washington-based summit of leaders from across the entirety of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), according to a White House National Security Council official. “New venues like the Quad are important but, foundationally, what is critical is a strong, vital, innovated, committed approach to ASEAN. And that’s…