Want to Compete with China? Deliver on Climate Security for the Indo-Pacific

May 21, 2021 | Caroline Baxter and Erin Sikorsky
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In its interim national security strategy, the Biden administration highlighted the need to “out-compete” China, and argued deterring adversaries and defending U.S. interests will require a “robust” presence in the Indo Pacific. If the administration is serious about competition, then it must deliver on what matters to U.S. regional allies and partners: climate change and climate security.