![]() ![]() President Biden has said three times that the United States will defend Taiwan and that it's a commitment that the United States has made. There's been a steady stream of high-ranking officials, Cabinet secretaries, congressional delegations. There has been massive arms sales to Taiwan in recent years. But from a strategic perspective, I think that this was almost an example of what not to do.Īnd I think it's important to note that the Chinese looked at this visit in the context of what they view as a slippery slope of the United States changing its Taiwan policy. I also understand Nancy Pelosi's logic, just wanting to cement her legacy as someone who has always stood up for human rights and has been tough on China. I mean, for the past year and a half, China has carried out the most provocative and sustained show of force in the Taiwan Strait in more than a generation, sending warships and combat aircraft across the median line towards Taiwan. What's your take? Was this a good idea for her to make this trip? Others said, good that she's standing up for democracy in the authoritarian Chinese state. Some thought it was reckless and provocative. United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, and there was reporting that said that President Biden's national security team thought this was a bad idea. ![]() ![]() You know, your opening anecdote is about, you know, an imagined attack by China on Taiwan, which draws the U.S. I wanted to begin with a recent controversy. Well, Michael Beckley, welcome to FRESH AIR. Their new book is "Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict With China." His co-author, Hal Brands, is a professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He's a former fellow at Harvard's Kennedy School and is currently a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Michael Beckley is an associate professor of political science at Tufts University who's written widely on China. The book argues that China today fits the profile of a dangerous adversary, a rising power that has reached a point where its growth seems to have peaked and its leaders become increasingly reckless in striking out against rivals allying against them. Beckley writes that, in recent years, China has embarked on a military buildup unlike any since World War II. aircraft carrier with a ballistic missile, provoking a war between China and the United States.īeckley and Brands' book argues that China is making increasingly aggressive moves against its neighbors in Asia and defining its future in terms of a strategic battle with the United States for influence in a changing world. Our guest today, Michael Beckley, begins his new book with co-author Hal Brands by positing the notion that the Chinese military could take advantage of a disputed election result in the United States in 2025 to attack Taiwan and, in the process, hit a U.S. In 1941, millions of Americans were shocked when Japanese forces attacked the U.S. I'm Dave Davies, in for Terry Gross, who's off this week. ![]()
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