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In his book “New Cold Wars,” journalist David Sanger warns of the risks posed to the United States by a rising China and a declining Russia.
Russia’s problems are on vivid display in Ukraine, where its military is destroying itself, burning through men and material, but going nowhere. However, the country remains a nuclear power, and those weapons mean that it will always pose a threat to America and our allies. That is a threat we have understood and dealt with for decades.
Chinaisamorecomplexproblem.AsitcontinuestoassertitselfacrossAsia,itmaysoonmakeastrategicmovetoconquertheislandofTaiwan.BeijingisalsoadeptathackingintoAmericancomputersystems,whereitengagesincyberwarfareasitstealsinformationaboutAmericansandourdefenses.Withitsunprecedentedtheftoffederalgovernmentrecordsandpersonalemails,italsotargetsdefensecontractorswhomaketheweaponsweusetodefendourfreedom.
“Inoneoftheworstinstances,ChinesehackersbrokeintothedefensecontractorLockheedMartinandstoletheplansforthePentagon’scutting-edgenewjointstrikefighter,theF-35,”Sangerwrites.Inawillfulchal
