For too long, American leaders have been reactive and ineffective in the New Cold War with China. Regaining the advantage and safeguarding peace requires a new conceptualization of statecraft, and there is not much time to get this right. Success requires using what we have on-hand to deter China, while setting conditions for a sustained competition. A maritime strategy of naval statecraft would leverage America’s advantages and act on our adversaries’ weaknesses.
Join us as Heritage’s Brent Sadler and Jeff Smith discuss the necessity and strategy of naval statecraft to strengthen the homeland to economic coercion, modernize and reorganize institutions to successfully compete with China, and win the positional fight with China over markets and military posture.