China and the United States in the Middle East - What's the Difference?

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Is the United States competing with China militarily or is it attempting to deter China? The US will send a new Marine military unit to Japan and the two nations agreed to extend the terms of their defense treaty to cover attacks in space. It's also about making clear that there are assurances that if China doesn't escalate, that it can expect a more stable relationship or the preservation of the status quo.

There’s rare bipartisan consensus in Washington: China is a threat to be countered. Cornell professor Jessica Chen Weiss says the American approach could lock both countries into an escalatory spiral.

This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King.

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