The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is systematically implementing a wide-ranging strategy to undermine and ultimately replace the rules-based international order, according to one Pentagon official.
“Across all metrics, the Indo-Pacific is the fastest growing part of the world, it’s a tremendous opportunity for the United States but also obviously presents great challenges,” said Ely Ratner, assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific affairs.
“The single most consequential challenge in the Indo-Pacific from a security perspective stems from the People’s Republic of China,” Ratner added, using the official name for communist China.
Ratner delivered the remarks during a talk at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington-based think tank. He said that the CCP’s military wing, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) had drastically increased its aggression toward U.S. partners in the Indo-Pacific over the last five years….