The Trump administration formalized a China-focused strategy through the 2018 National Defense Strategy, with Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Elbridge Colby as the chief architect, and the Biden administration's policy regarding China did not substantively change despite returning attention to Russia.
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“the 2018 National Defense Strategy, of which Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Elbridge Colby was the chief architect... Biden's policy regarding China did not change much. China is still the long-term main event that occupies much of the foreign policy establishment's time”
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:00:31 PM
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