While the crisis in Russia and Ukraine has dominated recent discussions about U. S. foreign and military policy. In the US, it is vital not to forget that the driving force of the tension to spend more and more in the Pentagon lies in considerations about the challenge posed by China. But to a large extent, those considerations are wrong and counterproductive. On the military front, the risk posed by China has been greatly exaggerated. USA. The U. S. spends more than China on its military at a three-to-one ratio, has more than 10 times more transparent weapons in its…