On Ukraine, US would be smart not to push China off the thin red line
Instead it should be encouraging Beijing — through incentives, not punishments — to reduce its lean toward Russia.
Michael D. Swaine, director of QI’s East Asia program, is one of the most prominent American scholars of Chinese security studies. He comes to QI from Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he worked for nearly twenty years as a senior fellow specializing in Chinese defense and foreign policy, U.S.-China relations, and East Asian international relations. Swaine served as a senior policy analyst at the RAND Corporation.
Swaine has authored and edited more than a dozen books and monographs, including Remaining Aligned on the Challenges Facing Taiwan (with Ryo Sahashi; 2019), Conflict and Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Strategic Net Assessment (with Nicholas Eberstadt et al; 2015) and many journal articles and book chapters.
Swaine is directing, along with Iain Johnston of Harvard University, a multi-year crisis prevention project with Chinese partners. He also advises the U.S. government on Asian security issues.
Swaine received his doctorate in government from Harvard University and his bachelor’s degree from George Washington University.
Instead it should be encouraging Beijing — through incentives, not punishments — to reduce its lean toward Russia.
As a result, America is punting on critical climate cooperation with Beijing.
Such chirping from the former secretary of state, who has obvious political ambitions, is reckless and irresponsible.
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