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Michael D. Swaine

The lost opportunity of the Biden-Xi meeting
Asia-Pacific

The lost opportunity of the Biden-Xi meeting

The leaders made some progress on reducing tensions, but a more fulsome detente remains distant.

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Asia-Pacific

Actually, China's military isn't going global

The New York Times fear-mongers about purported worldwide base expansion, but the reality is more complicated, and less scary.

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Asia-Pacific

How a reckless report could increase the chance of a crisis with China

A new study from the Council on Foreign Relations on US Taiwan policy is both dangerous and misleading.

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Asia-Pacific

Blinken finds a groove with China: but will positive vibes endure?

For once, Washington and Beijing managed to have rational, forward-looking conversations about their relationship.

Tsai-McCarthy meeting will escalate US-China tensions
Asia-Pacific

Tsai-McCarthy meeting will escalate US-China tensions

The House speaker agreeing to see Taiwan's leader in California will provide fodder for Washington and Beijing's sleepwalk toward conflict.