Summary:  

Technology advancement, increased global challenges, and outdated military strategy have corroded the US's military superiority over China. Although there are talks of a possible US-China war or Chinese invasion of Taiwan, it is not imminent, given China's current precarious condition. However, the US must still ramp up its deterrence strategy, provided its traditional deterrence through denial may be impractical and China has an increasing regional advantage over the US in certain scenarios. Instead of preparing for a pyrrhic victory, the US must devise new deterrence strategies to deter and suppress China in East Asia. 

Renewed Defense Campaigning

• Campaigning in a military doctrine is a series of orchestrated military and nonmilitary actions to reach specific goals. However, the Pentagon's campaigning has become a tool to justify its military budget or appropriation instead of defining its strategy to shape Chinese leaders' perceptions. 
• China has a clear military campaign, such as frequent intrusions into Taiwan's ADIZ, invasion exercises, and digital campaigns that shape domestic and foreign perceptions. 
• The US has its campaign through bilateral and multilateral defense cooperation expansion and support for Ukraine. However, the US can build on these cooperations with realistic actions such as creating new joint force posture, different exercises, or testing new military capabilities to erode Chinese confidence and examine its responses. 
• The US can use information technologies to analyze and reveal China's military weaknesses and vulnerabilities, as it did to the Soviet Union during the Cold War. 
• The US should also renew the Pentagon's Joint All-Domain Command and Control initiative.
• To dissuade China further, the US can focus on two main campaigns: 

1. Undermine PLA's strategy of severing US communications and logistics vulnerabilities. 
2. Demonstrate the US's and its allies' readiness for a protracted war to deny China a quick or cheap victory. ​​​​​​​

• The US should prioritize deterrence by dissuasion to lower China's preference for military action. However, the US must learn to coexist with China to ensure global peace.