The battle against the filthy, cowardly Communists and their supporters, will be won via economic might. I've said it many times before, national security starts with economic might, this does include, by the way, reasonable and manageable debt levels on top of civil liberties and innovation.
Next is intelligence success. You must know more than your enemy and be able to influence their citizens better than they influence yours. You must steal their technology and stunt their abilities. In this regard, we are failing.
During the Eastern Bloc, many in the East wanted what the West had, the music, (which was so much better than the soulless music played now), sports, opportunity to achieve success, civil liberties, freedom of religion, to party and enjoy life instead of being under the thumb of some despot. Right now, in China, the best influence comes from HK, but China is quickly smothering them, knowing their desire for democracy is strong but not wanting the Mainland citizens to see this better life.
This is where the West is particularly failing. We aren't just exporting their goods, we have some who wish to export their systems of government and they aren't even hiding this agenda! The view of government as being a central power, all knowing, all powerful, in essence a creepy covert police state. In Canada, we are already gone, hence our weak economy and human rights, America must not become like us or some of the soft European nations.