The thinking across the US policy establishment is increasingly clear: China represents a geopolitical threat of the likes the United States hasn’t seen since the Cold War, if ever. Such is the view of multiple US government agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Department of Defense (DoD), the US Army War College, and the Air Force, all of which have identified the People’s Republic of China (PRC) as the primary threat to US national security. In the eyes of DoD analysts, China is a “pacing threat,” or a near-peer competitor that will keep up with US economic and military advancements absent new innovations from Washington. Similar assessments are also widespread outside the military domain as legal, diplomatic, and economic officials are forced to grapple with the multidimensional challenge that China’s ascent represents to US national interests.