CIA Analyst: China Is A Greater Threat To The U.S. Than Russia

Bill Gertz, Asia Times: CIA analyst: Beijing poses a greater threat than Russia

In an unusually candid talk, agency's Michael Collins said China's growing confidence and resolve – fueled by inaction against Chinese hegemony over the past several years – are a worry

A senior CIA analyst has offered a rare public glimpse into American intelligence analysis of China. Michael Collins, deputy assistant director and head of the agency’s East Asia mission center, believes more attention should be focused on China and that recent public angst about Russia is distracting America from the threat posed by China.

“There’s been a lot of talk about Russia as a competitor, a country that sees the liberal international order as something they don’t necessarily subscribe to, that is actively engaged in trying to undermine US influence in various areas around the world, and that has [the] capability to do it,” Collins said at a security forum in Aspen, Colorado.

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WNU Editor: In the short term .... China is more focused on its neighbours. Long term .... 10 years and more from now .... the U.S. will be finding China in many of the same places that they are present in. Case in point .... this will be happening more often in the future .... A Chinese Military Base Is Only A Few Miles Away From A Critical U.S. Military Base (March 28, 2017).

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