The prevailing narrative among large swathes of the conservative media in the United States is that Washington and Beijing are now engaged in a new “Cold War.” U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in fact, suggests that the current confrontation with China is actually even worse than “Cold War 2.0” since “the CCP is already enmeshed in our economies, in our politics, in our societies in ways the Soviet Union never was.”
This sentiment goes far beyond just the media narrative. It is increasingly embraced in much of Washington, D.C.’s national security, think tank, and policymaking communities.
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