In the absence of direct, conventional conflict, the US interest is to maintain control over China, its narrative, and its military engagement.
Constant pressure is an attempt at repeated provocation and a soft power of continuous stress on Beijing, but the strategy is well known to the Chinese.
According to U.S. military leaders, American armed forces may not have sufficient time for “China-style” wargaming.
Notes from an interview with former Foreign Minister Erdenechuluun Luvsan
The Cold War experience suggests that stabilizing even an intense rivalry is possible if both sides perceive such a process as important or vital to broader interests.
Targeting allies and manufacturing foes is the last card available to the Empire of Chaos.
The number one enemy of the United States of America under Donald Trump’s Republican presidency is undoubtedly China.
So history ruled that no conqueror coming from the West would traverse the Pamirs; that happened with Alexander the Great, and that happened with Islam. But that may well happen with Timur Trump, Conqueror of China.
