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Aug 5, 2022 · China’s missile launches into Taiwan’s coastal waters this week have underlined the risks to global supply chains from any sustained escalation of tensions between Beijing and Taipei.
Domestic politics in China and Taiwan and changing U.S. policy are increasing the risk of a cross-strait crisis in the coming months. The U.S. should take steps to help avoid a...
Oct 24, 2024 · As China continues its pressure campaign against Taiwan and channels of cross-Strait communication continue to wither, the risk of miscalculation or unwanted escalation will likely grow in the months ahead. Going forward, the United States should encourage both sides to practice restraint.
Jan 11, 2024 · Taiwan is the most likely flashpoint for a U.S.–China conflict, unmatched in its combustible mix of conflicting interests, high stakes, and eroding trust and assurances. A full–blown war over Taiwan has become a startling possibility.
Oct 27, 2023 · Tensions are rising over Taiwan. The fabric of political understandings that contributed to cross-strait peace and security for decades has begun to unravel as China’s power and assertiveness grows, competition between the U.S. and China spreads, and the Taiwanese people develop a distinct identity increasingly disassociated from the mainland.
Jul 1, 2024 · The ongoing dispute has led to heightened military confrontation in the Taiwan Strait, which geographically separates mainland China from the island of Taiwan. In the First Taiwan Strait Crisis...
The risk of war over Taiwan has grown in recent years.1 Should tensions over control of the island spiral into direct conflict between China and the U.S., two nuclear pow-ers and the world’s two largest economies, the impact would fall on a spectrum between profound and cataclysmic.
