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Bush soon learned the wisdom of following official US policy on Taiwan. By 2003, he publicly opposed Taiwan’s plans to hold a referendum for fear that it would stoke pro-independence sentiment.
Biden once scolded George W. Bush for pledging to defend Taiwan. Now he is making a worse mistake by chipping away at long-standing policy without a better alternative.
Despite the trilateral hardening of positions, the Taiwan issue is too important to let slip out of control.
Paul Haenle will sit down with Anja Manuel to examine ongoing challenges to the global rules-based order. This discussion is the second of Carnegie China's 2022 Distinguished Speakers Series and will also be recorded and published as a China in the World podcast.
With tensions mounting in the Taiwan Strait, Europe is facing a dilemma. While its security concerns in the Indo-Pacific region are rising, it needs to remain focused on the brutal conflict taking place much closer to home in Ukraine.
Ending the escalatory spiral will be difficult, particularly in light of the breakdown in military dialogue channels.
Podcast hosts Ankit Panda and Katie Putz discuss the consequences of the U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan in early August 2022.
A retired Army lieutenant general discusses why a tenet of PLA modernization has been validated by the conflict—but is also paradoxical.
A China expert sees hardening positions and growing capabilities as destabilizing forces in the Washington-Beijing relationship.
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