On May 6, Matthew Kroenig, Vice President and Senior Director of the Scowcroft Center, appeared on The Daily Report with John Dickerson on CBS Tonight, where he spoke on the significance of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Europe.
Over the past few years, the United States and Europe have recognized China as the greatest threat to the rules-based international system … and the United States, Europe, and other democracies in Asia have been working more closely against China … so, what Xi is trying to do here is drive a wedge between the free world, trying to identify countries that have had an independent streak or maybe aren’t fully on board with US leadership…”