Taiwan: Middle Path or Muddled Strategy?

The Net Assessment team debates Patrick Porter and Michael
Mazarr's recent study on "Countering China's Adventurism Over
Taiwan: A Third Way" written for the Lowy Institute. Chris,
Melanie, and Zack agree that the study is thought provoking and
well argued, but disagree about whether it is ultimately
convincing. Nonetheless, Porter and Mazarr have made a real
contribution by helping to clarify the assumptions that underlie
different approaches to the Taiwan. Chris gives a shout out to
the Bridging the Gap effort, Melanie complains about John Cena
and Bing, and Zack commends his former colleague Ari Tabatabai.


 


Links


Patrick Porter and Michael Mazarr, "Countering China's
Adventurism Over Taiwan: A Third Way," Lowy Institute, May 20,
2021

Irene Braam and Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer, "Transatlantic
Trends 2021," German Marshall Fund of the United States
and Bertelsmann Foundation, June 2021

Oriana Skylar Mastro, "The Taiwan Temptation," Foreign
Affairs, July/August 2021

Charles L. Glaser, "Washington Is Avoiding the Tough
Questions on Taiwan and China," Foreign Affairs, April 28, 2021

Ariane M. Tabatabai, No Conquest, No Defeat: Iran's National
Security Strategy (New York: Oxford University Press,
2020), 

Dustin Walker, "Congress Should Rewrite the Pentagon's
Pacific Deterrence Budget Request," Defense News, June 2, 2021

Joe Biden, “My Trip to Europe Is about America Rallying the
World’s Democracies,” The Washington Post, June 5, 2021

Martin Pengelly, “Biden Trumpets Democracy in Post Op-ed – As
Threats Spread at Home,” The Guardian, June 6, 2021

Bridging the Gap

“Future Foreign Policy: Global Perceptions of the United
States, Featuring Caroline Gray,” June 16, 2021, Noon EDT

Tom Karako, “Sing, Missile Muse, of Gods and Heroes:
America’s Most Fearsome Weapons Need Better Names,” War on the
Rocks, June 7, 2021

Jill Disis, “‘F9’ Star John Cena Says He Loves China After
Taiwan Remark Stokes Anger,” CNN, May 25, 2021

Elizabeth Braw, “Spying on Allies is Normal. Also Smart,”
Politico EU, June 4, 2021.

Syaru Shirley Lin, “It’s Not Just China: Population, Power
Generation, Political Polarization, and Parochialism are Also
Long-Term Threats to Taiwan’s Success and Survival,” PRC Leader,
June 1, 2021

“China’s Growing Military Confidence Puts Taiwan at Risk,”
Economist, May 1, 2021

Blake Herzinger, “US Ditching Taiwan Commitments is a
Dead-End Idea,” Foreign Policy, May 3, 2021

Paul Mozur, “Microsoft’s Bing Briefly Blocked ‘Tank Man’ on
Anniversary of Tiananmen Anniversary,” New York Times, June 5,
2021