Americans Should Play ‘Game of Chess,’ Not Game of Money, in Competition With China: Reagan Admin Official

Americans Should Play ‘Game of Chess,’ Not Game of Money, in Competition With China: Reagan Admin Official
Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan speaks at a rally on Feb. 8, 1982. Michael Evans/The White House/Getty Images
Gary Bai
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What was a conceptual cornerstone of President Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative is needed now in the United States more than ever in the face of rising threats from the Chinese Communist Party, a former Reagan administration official says.

Michael Sekora, director of the once-classified Project Socrates, said the project was meant to find out what was making the United States weak—militarily and economically—and turn the tide.