Deputy secretary of state: US not trying to ‘contain’ Russia and China, but hold them accountable New Atlanticist by Daniel Malloy
Wendy Sherman speaks to a hearing of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee after she was nominated to be deputy secretary of the Department of State. Photo by Michael Brochstein/Sipa USA via Reuters.
It’s the world’s toughest tightrope: How can the United States and its European allies cooperate with China and Russia on issues like climate change while also countering their disruptions to the global order?
US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman has an answer. The common framing of the United States trying to “contain” its rivals is wrong, she contends.