66 - The Threat Business: China or Russia?


66 - The Threat Business: China or Russia?


In the US, “national security” is all about identifying threats. Under President Biden, China is considered an all-encompassing strategic threat, far more serious than Russia. In this 66th episode of Podserve, I critically assesses the 2022 Biden-Harris national security strategy paper's threat analysis, pointing out that it fails to account for how deeply the US is involved in Ukraine's war with Russia. But the analysis does fit with a majority in Congress that prefers containing China.