By Vladimir Marakhonov | April 17, 2023

In the new Biden administration’s National Security Strategy,[1] announced on October, 12, 2022, China is declared to be the only competitor of the United States. The strategy states “[China] and Russia are increasingly aligned with each other but the challenges they pose are, in important ways, distinct. We will prioritize maintaining an enduring competitive edge over [China] while constraining a still profoundly dangerous Russia.” The document adds that Russia is no longer considered to be a competitor to the United States although it “poses an immediate and ongoing threat to the regional security order in Europe and it is a source of disruption and instability globally but it lacks the across the spectrum capabilities of [China].”