or the first time since contending with the Soviet Union in the Cold War, the United States,faces the prospect of a long-term competition with a near-peer great power: the Peoples,Republic of China.1 Chinas economy has become the second-largest in the world, and,Fits companies compete with U.S. counterparts for markets and resources. The Peoples,Liberation Army (PLA) has become the “pacing threat” to U.S. military operations in Asia, and Chinas diplomatic influence rivals that of the United Stat
