The need for the US to craft an effective strategy to counter Beijing’s rise has never been more acute
That strategy will have to leverage current US relationships with other countries — and could come to involve Israel as well.
For now, the Biden administration is following a policy outlined in May by Secretary of State Antony Blinken called “invest, align, compete.”
“We will invest in the foundations of our strength at home — our competitiveness, innovation, and democracy,” Blinken said at the time. “We will align our efforts with our network of allies and partners, acting with common purpose and in common cause. And harnessing those two key assets, we will compete with China to defend our interests and build our vision for the future.”
Blinken said the United States and China “have to deal with each other for the foreseeable future,” and that’s why “this is one of the most complex and consequential relationships of any we have in the world today.”
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