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Michael D. Swaine

Inauguration of Taiwan’s new president triggers usual pearl-clutching
QiOSK

Inauguration of Taiwan’s new president triggers usual pearl-clutching

These cartoonish characterizations of China’s motivations undermine any attempts for a credible deterrence strategy

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QiOSK

Biden-Xi phone call doesn’t go far enough

Same conversation, but US and Chinese officials offer two different official readouts

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.