Biden lays out national security strategy
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China and Russia pose the biggest challenge to international peace and stability, the Biden administration said Wednesday while formally outlining the President’s national security strategy. Left-leaning articles highlight that the strategy stresses the need for a foreign policy that balances the interests of global allies with those of middle-class Americans while right-leaning articles highlight how China continues to be the United States' "most consequential geopolitical issue" and how "seriously hazardous" Russia is as a foe.
USA Today published a centrist article about how China is the only competitor with intent and ability to tilt the global playing field, the White House says. Every president since Ronald Reagan has used a national security report to give a high-level overview of their foreign policy priorities. The Biden administration delayed rolling out its report this year because of the Ukraine crisis. Biden is consulting with Congress on whether to take action against Saudi Arabia.While the security strategy doesn't mention Saudi Arabia specifically, in the section on the Middle East, the administration encourages "energy producers to use their resources to stabilize global energy markets, while also preparing for a clean energy future and protecting American consumers."
A left-leaning article from the Washington Post highlights how the White House laid out a national security strategy Wednesday aimed at checking an ascendant China and a more assertive Russia even as it stressed that domestic investments are key to helping the U.S. compete in the critical decade ahead. The strategy stresses the need for a foreign policy that balances the interests of global allies with those of middle-class Americans. Policy-makers must "avoid the temptation to view the world solely through a competitive lens," the document says. The need for U.S. leadership is as great as it has ever been, President Joe Biden says. The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the decision was "purely economic".
A right-leaning article from Fox News highlights that the new national security strategy is the first since March 2021. and outlines how the United States plans to advance its vital interests and pursue a "free, open, prosperous, and secure world". The strategy focuses on investing in the "underlying sources and tools of American power and influence". The strategy stresses that Russia poses an "immediate and ongoing thereat" to the regional security order in Europe. Sullivan said Russia has "flagrantly disrupted" that by invading Ukraine.
From the left
Biden global strategy tackles China, Russia, domestic needs
Washington Post
From the center
Biden lays out national security strategy while re-evaluating Saudi relations
USA Today