WALTER M. HUDSON
In the wake of coronavirus and debates over “decoupling,” the United States needs a new approach to national security: one based on geoeconomics, not geopolitics.
Many of us have long awaited America’s wake-up call with China, the turning point when we grasp the formidable challenges in catching up to a geopolitical foe. With coronavirus, that moment may have finally arrived. With COVID transmission spread across the globe in an eye-blink, with pharmaceutical and health product supply chains looking more like gossamer threads, the world’s interconnectedness has not saved us—indeed, it has only magnified the crisis.
As we move forward, attempting to make sensible, informed decisions to protect public health without irreparably harming the economy, the U.S. government needs to fully reconsider its understanding of national...
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