New Chinese leadership won’t change Taiwan policy
Despite Biden administration claims, Beijing is a long way off from using military force as a means for reunification.
Despite Biden administration claims, Beijing is a long way off from using military force as a means for reunification.
Only these two men can break the downward spiral over Taiwan. We offer a guide on how to make the most out of Monday’s meeting.
The NDS continues a long tradition of painting China as an aggressive nation working to weaken the US.
The consequences of such a conflict would spread globally, with much greater impact than the Russo-Ukraine war.
As media attention is turned to Europe, tensions over Taiwan rise, with the US and China quietly inching closer to confrontation.
Voices like Elbridge Colby think Biden should back up his tough rhetoric about defending Taiwan with a greater show of force.
It’s time for American leaders to stop framing international politics as a competition between democracies and autocracies.
The Biden Administration has provided Beijing with the ”pretext” through its gross mishandling of the Pelosi visit.
The resources promoting Taipei’s interests in DC are growing, and include close ties and financial support for major think tanks, too.
The speaker said her trip “in no way contradicts” long-standing US policy. But experts aren’t so sure.
The “foolish” proposal would be the biggest change to U.S. policy toward Taipei in 40 years.
Like it did with NATO and Russia, policymakers shouldn’t easily dismiss Beijing’s complaints about the West in its backyard.
From Beijing, the trip looks a whole lot like the US recognizing Taiwan as a sovereign state, experts say.
The critics are right, a visit from such a high ranking official would be a serious mistake and the president should ask her to cancel it.
Major military force posture report emphasizes a restructuring of US deployments and bolstering partners in the West Pacific.
With Lloyd Austin’s remarks directed at China this weekend, it’s clear the Biden Administration is creeping into that direction.
Whether intentional or not, his insistence that the US will respond militarily to any Chinese attack belies a dangerous shift.
Just over a week after the network hosted the simulated Sino-US conflict, President Biden said he’d be willing to defend Taiwan militarily.
To prevent military conflict, Washington must provide reassurances to Beijing while strengthening allied deterrence.
Instead it should be encouraging Beijing — through incentives, not punishments — to reduce its lean toward Russia.
Especially where Taiwan is concerned, if we learn the wrong lessons from Afghanistan, we are doomed to fail again.