Russian aircraft probe U.S. defenses in Alaska and Europe, and its cyber instigators prowl the Internet, fueling hate and discontent on social media, driving wedges into the cracks in our oft-divided nation. Confidence in our institutions continues to wane. Further south, China flexes its muscles, emboldened by what it wishes to believe: that America is atrophying, fading from preeminence, and that America's decline clears the way for China's ascent. After sending combat jets into Taiwanese airspace last month, China circulated an ominous Internet video depicting Chinese bombers destroying a U.S. base in Guam.
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