It’s crucial that Ottawa and Washington present a united front to challenge Beijing’s global push to expand its military, economic, and authoritarian influence, says David Cohen, the newly appointed U.S. ambassador to Canada. “I think for both Canada and the United States, and you could argue for every democracy in the world, China is our greatest threat,” Cohen told The Globe and Mail on Dec. 9. “The fact is that China is very much aligned in an anti-democratic fashion and an authoritarian fashion.” In his first interview since becoming the ambassador to Canada, Cohen stressed the need for democracies to challenge authoritarianism in general and, in particular, Beijing’s cyber security threats and human rights abuses. “China is the poster child of what we are trying to combat together,” he said. Cohen is an attorney and lobbyist who served as a senior adviser at the U.S. telecommunications giant Comcast. He is …
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