Power Is the Answer in U.S. Competition With China: A Fight for Global Values Demands a Stronger Coalition

By: Michael Mazza | FOREIGN POLICY |

“We face a hostile ideology—global in scope, atheistic in character, ruthless in purpose, and insidious in method.” In Dwight D. Eisenhower’s famed farewell address, the former president offered a clear-eyed assessment of the Cold War threat, a “danger” that would be of “indefinite duration.”

Today, Americans once again face the prospect of a prolonged and complex struggle. In its quest for security, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is seeking to seize for itself the lion’s share of power in the international system, which it will use to neutralize perceived military, economic, and ideological threats. The contest for preponderant power is on.

… In order to secure, in the face of a hostile aspiring hegemon, the fundamental ends of American national security policy—the physical safety of the American homeland; the survival of the American way of life; and the continuing prosperity of the American people—the United States must gather together with coalition partners to amass more power than its great-power rival and its rival’s partners, and then put that power to effective use…

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