China’s Alaska Ambush of the Biden Administration, in Context

A view of Anchorage, Alaska. David Mark/Pixabay

Commentary

In his new book, “The China Nightmare: The Grand Ambitions of a Decaying State,” scholar Daniel Blumenthal makes a telling point about the Chinese dictatorship’s operational and strategic decisions: “China is not just driven by its own assessment of its strengths and weaknesses; it carefully calculates Washington’s power and will before acting.”