Photo courtesy of the People’s Liberation Army. The Trump administration has released two documents, the National Security Strategy and the National Defense Strategy, both of which address the major threats to the United States. The strategy documents suggest the focus will be on countering China in the Western Hemisphere, near the U.S. homeland, first, and then countering China in the Indo-Pacific. The “China” section of the 2026 National Defense Strategy (NDS) describes the People’s Republic of China as the second most powerful country in the world, behind the United States. That characterization is accurate only when power is measured in aggregate terms rather than military capability alone. In strictly military rankings, China does not rank second. By most credible assessments, including nuclear capability, force projection,…
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