Goal 1: Position the IC for Intensifying Strategic Competition
The Intelligence Community is not positioned to tackle full-spectrum competition with the People's Republic of China. It must broaden capabilities in key areas and reorient to a whole-of-government approach. We have identified five focus areas requiring urgent attention, resources, and leadership.
The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is posing a complex and dynamic challenge to the U.S. Intelligence Community. The Community must be prepared to support decision makers and warfighters along the competition spectrum, from low-scale tension to hot conflict; however, it is not positioned optimally to tackle the full spectrum of competition with the PRC. It must broaden capabilities in key areas and reorient its approach toward the whole of government, efforts that will increasingly push it toward the open-source world and greater transparency with government partners.
We have identified five focus areas requiring urgent attention, resources, and top-level government leadership engagement. These include: economic and technological conflict; global influence projection, foundational knowledge; supply chain threats; and intelligence advantage.