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Andrew J. Nathan argues Beijing won't attack Taiwan in the immediate future by exploring China's policy toward Taipei and the consequences Xi Jinping could face.

Experts warn that China may start a deadly conflict with Taiwan by unleashing a huge Pearl Harbor-style attack on US bases and ships in the Pacific.

AEI’s new book, “Defending Taiwan,” explores how to deter China from attacking Taiwan while preparing for contingencies

A prominent Washington-based policy research organization says the United States is preparing for the wrong kind of likely conflict should China invade Taiwan. In a newly released book titled, “Defending Taiwan,” the American Enterprise Institute argues Washington wrongly predicts a short and geographically localized war over Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion. Instead,…

On 17 June 2022, US Secretary of State Anthony Biden announced his selections for the Foreign Affairs Policy Board. Co-chairs: (...) [Voltaire Network]

From the blog of Alexander Portnoy at The Times of Israel

CHINA could begin a devastating war with Taiwan by launching a massive Pearl Harbor-style onslaught on US bases and ships in the Pacific, experts have

The American Enterprise Institute warns in a new book that the U.S. is wrong to plan for a short conflict with China, and that a long war would be more likely.

Is there life after empire? I last week pondered the question at the Engelsberg Seminar, a gathering of academics, journalists and policymakers held in a disused ironworks two hours by vehicle from Stockholm. Sweden once controlled vast stretches of northern Europe. It then contented itself, after a series of military defeats, to a more modest existence as a small neutral power with a healthy welfare state. Judging from the quantity and quality of champagne consumed at the seminar, life after e...

Host Michael Morell talks with the former top CIA China analyst about Xi Jinping's political objectives, including whether there's a timeline for "reunification" with Taiwan.