The pointlessness of Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan trip
Is the island any safer from China than it was before the US Speaker’s visit?
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The perils of autocracy
Poor policies, once adopted, are difficult to abandon, as the leaders of Russia and China are demonstrating.
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The crisis around Taiwan is only just beginning
China’s live-fire military drills around Taiwan mark the start of a critical period.
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Nancy Pelosi’s chaotic Taiwan trip is a symptom of US decline
To keep the global peace we are reliant on elderly Democratic Party politicians, befuddled by the implosion of political certainties.
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How far will China go to punish the US for Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan trip?
Chinese officials warned the US House Speaker not to go. They will want to show these were not empty threats.
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The gathering storm over Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan
Beijing had warned that its military would not “sit idly by” if the US House Speaker travelled to Taipei.
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How will Beijing respond if Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan?
The proposed visit by the veteran Democrat has drawn a predictably angry response from China.
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Why Joe Biden’s comments on Taiwan matter
The US president has said three times now that his country would defend the island from invasion. China is listening.
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“A world where ruthless powers dominate is dangerous”: Vytis Jurkonis on how Lithuania took on China
The tiny Baltic nation has countered Beijing at a time when few Western nations dare to.
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Can Joe Biden and Xi Jinping work together?
Both leaders must work out how to balance the protection of national interests with the need for cooperation on global…
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Chih-Hsiu Shen: Why Taiwan should not have been excluded from Cop26
Taiwan’s deputy environment minister on why his country’s absence from the climate talks is bad for the planet, people and…
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Fighter jets and street markets: Taiwan’s daily dissonance as tensions with China ramp up
Invasion by China remains an abstract threat, but it is hard to shake the anxiety that the worst could happen.
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