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America's Most Pressing Threat? Climate Change
The Trump administration is ignoring a huge threat to national security and global stability.
A truly global foe.
Photographer: Ricardo R. Guzman/U.S. Navy via Getty ImagesWhen the newest U.S. National Security Strategy was released last month, many intelligence, military and foreign-policy professionals considered it a pleasant surprise. It hits most of the mainstream concerns facing the U.S.: the significant challenges we face from China, Russia, North Korea and Iran; the necessity of better homeland security against terrorist attacks; the importance of working with allies, partners and friends; and the need to determine sensible levels of defense spending. I called it “shockingly normal” in a Bloomberg View column.