Security Strategy: Washington Post and Whole-of-Government Affair

security strategy: But with the publication of the National Security Strategy by the Trump administration last year, the emphasis has now shifted toward a return to great power conflict, targeting by name Russia and China, labeling them as rivals and revisionist powers, and gearing defense spending in keeping with this shift, according to Global Times China. Since the declaration of this policy, the attempt to paint China as a major opponent to the US has become something of a whole-of-government affair. Particularly since the September 11 attacks, the US military has spent much blood and treasure in an attempt to develop plans to deal with this threat, with some success and some failures, as mentioned in recent articles in the Washington Post documenting the failure of US efforts in Afghanistan. It is highly ironic that this occurs at a time when you have an elected president, whose explicit goal had been to create a working - and friendly - relationship with both China and Russia. Others in the administration - and outside of it - intend to maintain a permanent stance of rivalry toward China, and to box in the president from ever changing that policy. But US President Donald Trump' s unfortunate focus on trade as the key to reviving the American economy has unfortunately contributed to this as well. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.