evidence: There is no question that Harris can maintain America’s status as the leading military power in the world, but this ranking would be secure under Trump too, such is America’s lead. It has by far the world’s biggest military budget, the biggest navy by tonnage, and the biggest air force by aircraft. It boasts an unequalled technological base to develop new weapons. For more than two years, the United States has led international efforts to support Ukraine, frustrating Putin’s ambitions while spending just 0.16 per cent of its GDP. [...] Under a Harris administration, then, the Asian military balance will continue to shift away from the United States and towards China. As with so many of her predecessors, Harris would maintain rhetorical fealty with America’s tradition of muscular internationalism, but also like them, she would find it impossible to pay the increasingly steep price required to enact it.