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Senators, commanders warn weakening alliances and cuts to soft-power tools undercut Indo-Pacific deterrence
Summary
Committee testimony linked foreign assistance, information tools and trade policy to military deterrence in the Indo-Pacific. Witnesses said reducing USAID or similar instruments and fractious tariff actions can create influence voids that China will exploit, damaging U.S. partnerships and regional posture.
Ranking Member Senator Reed and several other senators questioned witnesses about the role of economic and information instruments in sustaining U.S. influence. Admiral Paparo told the committee that instruments such as the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) are important to maintaining partnership influence and that "the loss of that, the PRC would, would, see the opportunity and they would…
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