The President’s Inbox Are We Ready? | The China Reckoning, With Rush Doshi
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Oct 23, 2025 
Rush Doshi, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, dives into the high-stakes U.S.-China rivalry. He discusses the competition over international order and China's strategic goals, emphasizing its industrial dominance in critical sectors. Doshi outlines Taiwan's unique military challenges and how U.S. interests are intertwined with its defense. He advocates for bolstering domestic industrial capabilities and strengthening allied supply chains to counterbalance China's growing influence in the global landscape.
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Competition Over World Order
- The U.S.-China competition is fundamentally about which order—coercion, consent, and legitimacy—shapes global rules.
- China is simultaneously blunting American foundations and building its own alternative order, Rush Doshi explains.
Four Pillars Of Strategic Rivalry
- The rivalry centers on deterrence in Asia, economic prosperity, technological leadership, and the survival of liberal values.
- China aims to lead in AI, quantum, biotech, and related general-purpose technologies, Doshi warns.
Scale Is China’s Strategic Edge
- China's advantage is scale: converting population and production into efficient, leading-edge outcomes.
- That scale lets China sustain vast industrial, technological, and military ecosystems at global-leading volumes.
