repercussions for u.s./china relations. can the two powers recover from this new low? is this the start of a cold war? i ve got the experts on it all. also justice has been delivered and this terrorist leader is no more. america kills a leader of al qaeda, once again. so just what is the state of terrorism today? how big is the threat to the west? but first, here s my take. the world s two most powerful nations find themselves in a hair-raising crisis that could spill into military conflict. and the strangest aspect of all this is how predictable it was. taiwan s status has long been known as the most sensitive issue for both the united states and china, one that has been carefully managed for five decades, and nancy pelosi had signaled her desire to go to taiwan months ago. but on the american side, a series of errors, many of them tactical and driven by domestic politics, have resulted in a dangerous reality. there is no serious working relationship between the 21st
never fired more than six missiles and mainly went to the north and south of taiwan, never crossing the border like they did this time. furthermore, that was the extent of the exercise. that was the end of it. the united states had sent in carrier strike groups in the vicinity of taiwan to warn china off. and that seemed to work. we look at that as a lesson that the united states successfully deterred china, but what china learned was they never wanted that to happen again. and so in the meantime, they have built up, not only one of the most sophisticated and advanced militaries, but also one that can attack and keep out the united states. so now not only do you have the missile tests that you had air operations i referred to as well as naval operations that were in the vicinity of taiwan air bases, naval bases and ports, and so for all these different components to be operating together is truly impressive. and my rview is we ll probably see additional rounds in the
is much stronger, nearly doubling since 1997 the year of the hong kong handover, the most taiwanese hope for a continuation of status quo. people s sense of taiwanese identity as distinct from chinese identity is also much stronger, and it is now closely wrapped up with being a democracy. as xi bullies taiwan more, militarily and economically, these strengths, especially among younger people, grow in size and in intensity. china claims its goal is peaceful reunification with taiwan. if that s really the case, then beijing should reverse course and return to deng s policies, announce that hong kong will be allowed all the freedoms it was promised, promised taiwan the same, and economic sanctions on taiwan and stop threatening the island with dangerous military maneuvers. it is xi s policies that are making the taiwanese people reject any prospect of cooperation with the mainland,
comes to the greatest foreign policy challenge facing the united states, how to deal with the rise of china, they have continued and mimicked trump s destructive approach. he added this has prompted glee among departed trump officials who proudly declared themselves innovators and the biden administration unimaginative and dutiful implementers. ryan haas argues that the communication channels for managing tensions have collapsed. but while the biden administration s approach has been tactically fraught and can be adjusted, beijing s errors are much more serious and strategic. over the past decade, under president xi jinping, china has changed its taiwan policy with potentially catastrophic consequences. modern china s paramount leader deng xiaoping outlined a
repercussions for u.s./china relations. can the two powers recover from this new low? is this the start of a cold war? i ve got the experts on it all. also justice has been delivered and this terrorist leader is no more. america kills a leader of al qaeda, once again. so just what is the state of terrorism today? how big is the threat to the west? but first, here s my take. the world s two most powerful nations find themselves in a hair-raising crisis that could spill into military conflict. and the strangest aspect of all this is how predictable it was. taiwan s status has long been known as the most sensitive issue for both the united states and china, one that has been carefully managed for five decades, and nancy pelosi had signaled her desire to go to taiwan months ago.