|
This week, the Chinese Communist Party escalated its intimidation campaign with aggressive joint army, navy and rocket force exercises in the South China Sea surrounding Taiwan — a stark reminder of the growing threat posed by Communist China. CCP leaders also attacked Taiwan's democratically elected leader with dehumanizing language, calling their president a "parasite." Under the Biden administration, the United States failed to deter China's use of cheap intimidation tactics, increased aggression, and belligerence in the South China Sea, which threaten U.S. interests in the region and risk a broader conflict.
As a result, the CCP has been emboldened for four years. And as it races to outpace the United States in technological and military dominance, strengthening AUKUS — the security pact between the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia — is more critical than ever. While I was chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, I consistently championed this crucial partnership, which will bolster our national security and help revitalize our failing defense industrial base.
Under President Trump’s leadership, revitalizing this alliance will help restore deterrence, secure vital supremacy in the high-tech space, and avoid a catastrophic World War III scenario.
Click here to read the full op-ed I wrote on this topic with Dr. Arthur Herman in National Review.
| 
