Ely Ratner Quoted in The Wall Street Journal

“New Zealand’s greater focus on China and its associated boost in defense spending are welcome shifts,” said Ely Ratner, a former assistant defense secretary for Indo-Pacific security affairs in the Biden administration who is now a principal at the Marathon Initiative think tank. “While this may not lead to major contributions to a regional conflict, Wellington still has huge contributions to make in curbing China’s malign influence in the Pacific islands.”

The Wall Street Journal