about building up china's nuclear force. did the repression on hong kong. now we are caught with a leader who we will be living with for another 10 years or so. things have eased up in the past year, or the past six months, i don't know anybody in the u.s. government who thinks that we aren't on a longer-term confrontation. we are focused on the middle east rightly so. but the risk is again getting distracted. >> david ignatius, take the next question. >> you have been covering the rise of this new cold war for years and doing it superbly. i want to ask you what kind of marks you give president biden for dealing with the issues raised in your book. in this newly dangerous world, how is he doing? >> he started off rough with the afghanistan withdrawal and obviously, you so that is where