President Biden still views China as the most consequential geopolitical challenge to the United States despite Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine and his threats to use nuclear weapons, national security adviser Jake Sullivan said.
Nonetheless, constraining a “profoundly dangerous Russia” remains a key goal of the United States, Sullivan said.long-awaited national security strategy
“The [People’s Republic of China] and Russia are increasingly aligned with each other but the challenges they pose are, in important ways, distinct,” the document says. “We will prioritize maintaining an enduring competitive edge over the PRC while constraining a still profoundly dangerous Russia.
“Moscow’s soft power and diplomatic influence have waned,” it says, “while its efforts to weaponize energy have backfired. The historic global response to Russia’s war against Ukraine sends a resounding message that countries cannot enjoy the benefits of global integration while trampling on the core tenets of the UN Charter.”Although the 1986 Defense Reorganization Act mandated that every administration produce an annual security strategy document, few administrations have done so.
In a speech on the new document Wednesday at Georgetown University, Sullivan said that “our world is at an inflection point, in the early years” of a “decisive decade.
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