U.S. Taiwan policy

“Strategic ambiguity” is not a policy; it is a tactic. The difference matters.

Washington has strategic, economic, and normative reasons for safeguarding the island from Chinese coercion.

For Taipei, Beijing, and Washington, the standoff is about national identities as much as territory.

Insights from Russell Hsiao.

U.S. strategic ambiguity toward Taiwan restricts any unilateral decisions by both sides of the strait that could potentially escalate the situation.

The latest Taiwan National Security Survey contains both good and bad news for cross-strait stability.

Worry about the reliability of Democratic presidents is based on a selective reading of past and current events.

An open commitment to defend Taiwan won’t mean much unless the U.S. has the certain capacity to do so.

Insights from Elizabeth Freund Larus.

How far can the administration push without completely upending the foundations of the U.S.-China relationship? We might be about to find out.

The collapse of confidence in long-term advantage means the era of strategic ambiguity is over.