国产热热热精品,亚洲视频久久】日韩,三级婷婷在线久久,99人妻精品视频,精品九热人人肉肉在线,AV东京热一区二区,91po在线视频观看,久久激情宗合,青青草黄色手机视频

Global EditionASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
Opinion
Home / Opinion / Editorials

US' national security strategy is still a work in progress

China Daily | Updated: 2017-12-19 08:34
Share
Share - WeChat
US President Donald Trump delivers remarks regarding the Administration's National Security Strategy at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington D.C., US December 18, 2017. [Photo/Agencies]

While highlighting the areas of cooperation with China, US President Donald Trump also identified it as a strategic competitor when he unveiled his national security strategy on Monday.

This is not the first time Washington has defined its ties with Beijing in this way.

Former president George W. Bush also described China as a strategic competitor when he first came to office. Yet over time, Bush came to see China as a "responsible stakeholder", paving the way for years of stability in Sino-US relations.

Likewise, despite his China-bashing rhetoric on the campaign trail, Trump has changed his tune since entering the White House, expressing the wish to build "an even stronger relationship between the US and China".

This is recognition of the fait accompli, for despite their differences, their interests are increasingly interwoven, and as Trump indicated there are many areas of cooperation.

And with the Trump administration saying the strategy outlined in the speech reflects "principled realism" in addressing global threats, there is clearly room for the two sides to work more closely together, not least on issues of common concern such as the nuclear weapons program of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

However, that is on the one hand. On the other, with Trump promoting economic strength as being indispensable for national security, there are likely to be exacerbated frictions over trade, where the two countries are already at odds, with the US following an all-for-itself-path and China advocating further global trade and investment liberalization for the benefit of all.

It is clear that the incumbent administration feels that US is somehow being taken advantage of in trade matters, even though this likely stems from it looking back to a time that has been and gone. Trump's national security adviser H.R. McMaster has hailed the new strategy as a means to help the country reclaim the strategic confidence it had under the presidency of Ronald Reagan, saying the US had vacated a lot of competitive space in recent years.

Yet it is hard to see how the instinct to withdraw from its global leadership commitments, not least combating the real and pressing threat of climate change, will be reconciled with the inclination to make "America great again" - which suggests that we may be in for a bumpy ride.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Most Viewed in 24 Hours
Top
BACK TO THE TOP
English
Copyright 1994 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
靖江市| 乐平市| 武陟县| 曲麻莱县| 大悟县| 林芝县| 栾川县| 罗定市| 陆川县| 琼海市| 荥经县| 广汉市| 武宣县| 调兵山市| 怀化市| 隆回县| 团风县| 峡江县| 龙游县| 芮城县| 军事| 中卫市| 聂荣县| 红安县| 江华| 额尔古纳市| 康乐县| 简阳市| 邯郸市| 禄丰县| 萍乡市| 周至县| 古田县| 霸州市| 长顺县| 繁昌县| 安西县| 石门县| 锡林浩特市| 淳化县| 前郭尔|