security. it s a message to those that are involved in the mss that going forward we will charge you, we will make it public, and times change. reporter: now despite this forceful international condemnation of china, there was nothing concrete in the way of punishment that was announced today. it is naming and shaming, which can be effective. but aside from those indictments by the doj there was nothing punitive like the sanctions we have seen leveled before at russia. the biden administration is hoping that this united international message will get china to reconsider, and if they don t, they say, china could face more action, jake? alex marquardt, thanks so much. joining us now to discuss, seth jones, he s a senior vice president at the center for strategic and international studies and also the author of the upcoming book three dangerous men: russia, china, iran, and the rise of irregular warfare. seth, thanks so much for joining us. when president biden talked today about
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While conventional warfare set-piece battles between large military forces largely defined twentieth-century conflict between major powers, irregular warfare will likely define international politics over the next year and beyond. Countries like China, Russia, and Iran compete with the United States using irregular methods because conventional and nuclear warfare are far too costly. The tools of irregular warfare are not strategic bombers, main battle tanks, or infantry soldiers, but hackers, intelligence operatives, special operations forces, and private military companies that often operate in the shadows.
Unfortunately, the United States is woefully unprepared for this type of competition both at home and abroad. U.S. government agencies and departments have erroneously focused too much on planning for conventional and nuclear war, including scenarios like nuclear exchanges and conventional wars in the Baltic states, Taiwan Strait, and South China Sea. Yet China, Rus