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We enter the ’20s at a time when American power and influence continues to wane, China’s is increasing and people all around the world are making clear that their voices need to be heard.

China’s balloon was not a “real strategic threat,” says Bruce Jentleson. “Our satellites overfly China all the time and theirs overfly us.”

NATO should focus its attention on the problem right next door, not on China, argues Council CEO Ivo Daalder.

“Blindly increasing our defense dollars isn’t a path to more security,” writes Senior Fellow Elizabeth Shackelford in the Chicago Tribune.

The bloc's popularity signals dissatisfaction with the Western-run global order, Elizabeth Shackelford writes.