Recently, 500 days have passed since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine. At that time, it was possible to see how the US countered Russia, seeking to weaken it on the economic, diplomatic and military levels. However, it is not the Russian Federation that keeps American decision-makers awake at night, but the People's Republic of China (PRC). And it is not Europe, but the Indo-Pacific that is the region that is crucial in the rivalry of both powers for hegemony.