Could America Really Save Taiwan in a War with China?
Author: "As for the notion that America will sail to the rescue of Taiwan, this possibility becomes increasingly far-fetched and even downright farcical. A far more responsible approach for the people of Taiwan, and the rest of the world too, would be to urge Taipei to sincerely pursue a compromise with Beijing and so finally end the exasperating Chinese Civil War."
Lyle J. Goldstein is Research Professor in the China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI) at the United States Naval War College in Newport, RI. In addition to Chinese, he also speaks Russian and he is also an affiliate of the new Russia Maritime Studies Institute (RMSI) at Naval War College. You can reach him at [email protected]. The opinions in his columns are entirely his own and do not reflect the official assessments of the U.S. Navy or any other agency of the U.S. government. This article first appeared last year.
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