WASHINGTON—The U.S. is entering a “decisive decade” as it confronts both its competition with China and a Russia attempting to upend the international order, while facing challenges from climate change to energy to food security, international terrorism and disease, the White House said Wednesday.
The Biden administration released its national-security strategy, a document that attempts to outline the administration’s approach to problems around the world, identifying global competitors, particularly China, but also Russia.
“The world is at an inflection point, and the choices we make today will set the terms on how we are set up to deal with significant challenges and the significant opportunities we face in the years ahead,”
Jake Sullivan,
President Biden’s national security adviser, told reporters.
The strategy was delayed for months, in part, Mr. Sullivan suggested, because the analysts needed to factor in lessons from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, now in its eighth month. The strategy, which every administration is required to draft, informs a separate document that has yet to be released from the Pentagon, called the national defense strategy, which in turns informs budgeting and other plans for the U.S. military.
The strategy document singles out China as the most consequential challenge the U.S. faces in the global order. While Russia is diminishing in strength, the strategy describes Beijing as the only competitor with the intent to reshape the international order and the increasing economic, diplomatic, military, and technological might to do so.
Communist Party members passed an exhibit featuring Chinese President Xi Jinping Wednesday in Beijing at an exhibition highlighting Mr. Xi’s years as leader.
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The strategy largely codifies the approach toward Beijing that the Biden administration has pursued since coming into office: investing more at home to boost American economic and technological competitiveness and relying more on the U.S.’s…
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