How foreign wars are distracting the US from its biggest threat

U.S. defense officials often refer to China as America’s “pacing threat” — the foreign power most likely to challenge our military might. That message hasn’t changed as wars have broken out in Ukraine and the Middle East. But new data shows the violence in Israel and Gaza is starting to pull public attention back to…

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