Prospects for positive breakthroughs and stabilization of the US-China relationship will remain limited as long as the two sides are focused more on maneuvering for advantage than on working to define the concept.
"Trump’s approach to China lacks coherence, consistency, and consensus within his administration on what strategy and policies to follow," Council Senior Nonresident Fellow Paul Heer writes.
The KMT leader’s recent visit to the United States underscores how rigid US-Taiwan policy has become, Council Senior Nonresident Fellow Paul Heer writes.
"Beijing is not looking for an opportunity or an excuse to attack Taiwan. On the contrary, it is still looking to Washington and Tokyo for reasons not to do so," Council Senior Nonresident Fellow Paul Heer writes for The National Interest.
The Trump administration’s recently published strategic documents further the US’ drift away from its original meaning of the “one China” policy, Council Nonresident Senior Fellow Paul Heer writes.
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“There was a lot more subtlety in the data with a plurality, 48 percent, saying that China’s interested in a shared leadership role,” Paul Heer said of the new Council-Carter Center survey.
"China’s goal is not to usurp the U.S. role ... but instead to increase its role relative to that of the United States in setting the rules," Paul Heer argues.
