How Strategic Ambiguity on Taiwan Benefits the United States
How Strategic Ambiguity on Taiwan Benefits the United States No matter how much Washington is keen to support Taiwan against China, there may be certain scenarios under which Washington may choose not to intervene. Despite the setback of Covid-19, the economic, political, and military power China has amassed to date has emboldened the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership to not only crush pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, but to punish Australia economically, confront India militarily, and arbitrarily lock up ethnic Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and Kyrgyz in Xinjiang. Now that the promises made...