Losing the long game: China advances as U.S. refocuses on Middle East
'Beijing gains ground whenever Washington is distracted. Each time the U.S. shifts focus away from the Indo-Pacific to manage another Middle East crisis, it reinforces the perception — and the reality — that America's attention is fleeting'
A Chinese navy vessel For more than a decade, American defense and foreign policy leaders have declared China the top long-term competitor what the Pentagon refers to as the pacing threat and the In… [+4514 chars]