Breaking Defense: The new National Defense Strategy keeps the Pentagon’s focus locked on China
The 2018 strategy “said we are worried about Russia and we're worried about [China]. And I think one of the things we did as we were going through our assessment of the security environment was actually see that those needed to be looked at a little bit differently,” a Pentagon official said.
WASHINGTON — After six months of delays, the Biden administration today released the unclassified version of its National Defense Strategy — and despite Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the department remains confident the long-term threat lies not in Moscow, but in Beijing.
The focus on China as the larger threat — as opposed to a joint focus on China and Russia — is one of the biggest ways the latest National Defense Strategy diverges from its predecessor, a senior defense official told reporters ahead of the official rollout.
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WNU Editor: Some are saying that the US is still not focused on China .... US not taking China threat seriously enough, expert warns: 'We've been very naïve' (FOX News).
The Defense Department’s 2022 National Defense Strategy is here .... 2022 National Defense Strategy of the United States.
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