WASHINGTON—China is a much bigger adversary to the United States than Russia, says former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. The statement is in contrast to the partisan rhetoric among many on the Democratic side, who have been pointing to Russia as the most urgent national security threat since it has “interfered” with the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
In a public interview with The Washington Post’s David Ignatius on Thursday, Albright—who served as President Bill Clinton’s secretary of State—voiced her disagreement with Pentagon’s new National Defense Strategy, which was published in January and listed China and Russia as the principal adversaries of the United States in the years to come.
