◎ Trump should demonstrate the same vision of the national interest with China as he has displayed on Iran.
Read moreDemocracy Wins Again — Now Trump Should Set China Straight on Taiwan
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Taiwan and the US are in Sync as Security Partners Against Communist China’s Aggression
◎ Washington’s view of its security partnership with Taiwan has evolved.
Read moreTaiwan and the US are in Sync as Security Partners Against Communist China’s Aggression
Trump’s Monumental Decision on Hong Kong
◎ The course of action Trump chooses will have broad implications for the future of U.S.-China relations, and for the security and confidence of Taiwan.
Politics Watch: Defecting Chinese Spy Disrupts the CCP’s Political Interference Operations
◎ Wang Liqiang’s exposing of the CCP’s plans to interfere in the 2020 Taiwan presidential election will likely have a huge impact on the election.
Read morePolitics Watch: Defecting Chinese Spy Disrupts the CCP’s Political Interference Operations
After Syria Debacle, US Needs to Recommit to Indo-Pacific
◎ After the tragic Syria mistake, Washington cannot afford strategic ambiguity on Taiwan or any other place in Asia that is threatened by China or North Korea.
Read moreAfter Syria Debacle, US Needs to Recommit to Indo-Pacific
Hong Kong and Taiwan Preview China’s Future
◎ Now it is time for Beijing to advance its thinking and face reality.
As Hong Kong Stands Up to China, US Should Do the Right Thing — This Time
◎ President Trump, still addressing the consequences of the earlier unconsummated events, faces a new situation as the people of Hong Kong defy Beijing’s further erosion of their guaranteed rights of limited self-government.
Read moreAs Hong Kong Stands Up to China, US Should Do the Right Thing — This Time
Keeping Trump’s Tariffs Commitment Will Mean Healthier US-China Relations
◎ Consistency and constancy in support of both America’s national interest and the rules-based international order have been in short supply over the past decade or more.
Read moreKeeping Trump’s Tariffs Commitment Will Mean Healthier US-China Relations
None Too Soon, US Readies to Combat Beijing’s South China Sea Aggression
◎ As tensions rise in this new quasi-cold war period, the Coast Guard is edging closer to a continuing wartime relationship with the Navy.
Read moreNone Too Soon, US Readies to Combat Beijing’s South China Sea Aggression
Save the Taiwan Relations Act, but Scrap Ambiguity: Defend Taiwan
◎ The China threat toward Taiwan has to be confronted at some point.
Read moreSave the Taiwan Relations Act, but Scrap Ambiguity: Defend Taiwan