Seth Jones, president of the Defense and Security Department at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and a former senior official in the U.S. Department of Defense, argues that each of the components of the U.S. defense base, including the Oval Office, Congress, and the private sector, is unprepared for the mounting China threat. His March report on the topic, “Rebuilding the Arsenal of Democracy,” warns that without major changes, “the United States risks weakening de