Let’s say you’re the leader of a rising power determined to secure international economic and political dominance. But first, you have to subjugate an adversary that possesses a very powerful military. You could fight that adversary in a direct military conflict, perhaps winning, but only at a high cost. Or you could pick apart your adversary’s social fabric and corrode his national confidence, depleting both his will to resist you and regard his own interests as worth defending.  That latter strategy might take more time but also offers the possibility of victory at a very low cost. And it is that latter strategy that underpins the new way of war of the 21st century, which Russia, Iran, and particularly China are now waging against America.  (Dean MacAdamn for the Washington Examiner) China stands apart in...