While the Pentagon’s new National Defense Strategy will reportedly highlight home front defense —securing America’s borders and justifying U.S. military efforts to counter cartels and drug trafficking —behind the scenes, Undersecretary of Defense Elbridge Colby’s Pentagon is all China, all the time.

Identifying China as the main U.S. adversary is not a problem; China is the main U.S. adversary. The problem is that myopia is undermining most White House and Pentagon strategy, which treats China as a regional rather than a global competitor.

Recommended Stories

Rubio and Landau risk oversleeping on Somaliland opportunity

White House condemns Somali terror attack that killed 300

The State Department puts China first on rare earth metals