The pundits are wrong. Now is not the time to abandon Taiwan.
Currency manipulation. Arms sales. Taiwanese reunification. Washington-Beijing tensions are reaching the boiling point.
Don't listen to the pundits. The United States cannot afford to abandon Taiwan.
Washington must learn to differentiate between an ally and a protectorate. Only one warrants the loss of American life.
Seventy years of being the world's preeminent power. Twenty years of being the only great power. How will Washington handle second place?
"Strategic ambiguity" isn't perfect, but it beats plunging two countries into war.
At its core, ideology fuels the epic struggle between Washington and Beijing. Deeply insecure about its own legitimacy, the Communist Party seeks the subordination of its regional neighbors to appease the nationalist wing of its body politic.
China's latest power grab leaves the U.S. with unsavory options on the high seas.
China and Taiwan may be quiet now—but it's the calm before the storm.
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