Anthony W. Holmes was special adviser for North Korea in the Office of the Secretary of Defense from 2017-2021. He is currently a senior nonresident fellow at the Project 2049 Institute. The views expressed herein are his own and do not necessarily represent the views of any organization or agency.
Before Russia's invasion of Ukraine kicked off in earnest, and even while it was newly underway, I was concerned by the number of Western specialists on China who argued that the United States was ignoring the real threat or making an unforced error by focusing on Russia in Ukraine.
