Commentary The NATO Secretary General issued a warning about the China threat, including from Chinese investment in democracies’ critical infrastructure, and called for stronger domestic defenses. Stoltenberg warned that countering the China threat, along with China’s economically less powerful ally Russia, justifies the continued existence of NATO. In an Oct. 18 interview with the Financial Times, Stoltenberg indicated NATO’s future pivot from its foci on Russia and terrorism to an increasing focus on the rising threat from China. This pivot mirrors the geostrategic realignment of the United States toward countering Beijing’s increasing territorial aggression, intellectual property theft, and malign economic and political influence globally. Stoltenberg hinted at a critical element of the threat rarely mentioned by NATO—namely the danger of Beijing’s rising trade- and investment-driven influence among political and economic elites globally, including in developed democracies. He told the Times that while NATO allies were scaling down their activities outside …
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