US think tank wants pentagon to 'make China explicit priority' in NDS

While tensions between US and China are escalating, an American think tank has suggested that Pentagon should ‘explicitly prioritise’ Asian superpower to prepare a new National Defense Strategy (NDS) this winter. Suggesting an official shift of Washington to developments and threats me by Beijing, Center for a New American Security (CNAS) said in a report published on July 27 that China’s questionable actions during past several years have increased recognition of US being in a competition. refore, a new NDS will only continue to put a focus on China first. 

What CNAS report deted as “bottom line” is that new NDS is an opportunity of Secretary of Defence in January 2021 to basically achieve three motives. se include furr deepen and ‘explicitly’ state current NDS’ ‘sound prioritization’ of China, establishment of clear benchmarks and “explicit details of implementation for both capability investments and posture enhancements” and identification of areas of opportunity to t only deal with ‘gray zone’ but also expand cooperation with new partners. 

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NDS in January 2018 was ‘first signal’

According to report, US Defense Secretary James N. Mattis h signed NDS back in January 2018 that was ‘first time signalling’ that senior Pentagon officials are finally opted logic that China “should be organising principle for building”. Rear miral Mark Montgomery Retd, an Executive Director at US Cyber Solarium Commission and an earlier Director for Operations at US Indo-Pacific Command, and Eric Sayers, an junct Senior at CNAS, said in report that bipartisan support for NDS 2018 was an ‘encouraging sign’. 

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“ previous NDS determined that “central challenge to US prosperity and security is re-emergence of long-term, strategic competition” and concluded that “long-term strategic competitions with China and Russia are principal priorities for Department”. While both powers are indeed revisionist and pose considerable risk to US interests, magnitude of challenge posed by a China with world’s second-largest ecomy far exceeds that of Russia,” think tank furr said.

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