Smoke and Mirrors on the Taiwan Question
The U.S. has few cards left to play. As China’s comprehensive national power continues to grow, Washington can no longer guarantee dominance in the Western Pacific.
The U.S. has few cards left to play. As China’s comprehensive national power continues to grow, Washington can no longer guarantee dominance in the Western Pacific.
The 2025 U.S. National Security Strategy, with its isolationist and confrontational approach towards allies and China, is a desperate fiction that undermines genuine American prosperity and security.
Faced with a complex international situation, youth exchange between China and Australia is becoming an important way to enhance mutual understanding between the two countries and strengthen the public foundation for friendly relations.
Going forward, I think the people—not the politicians—will shape the future of U.S.-China relations.
Washington’s tariffs accelerated the competitive collapse of American agriculture without delivering compensatory benefits or a future plan. They are tactics without strategy, a disruption without a plan for recovery.
Japan’s hope for U.S. intervention appears to be a path that leads nowhere.
Japan joins U.S.-driven strategy for China containment.
Policymakers now face the difficult task of balancing this evolving sentiment—working with China on shared global challenges such as climate change and public health, while safeguarding U.S. interests and maintaining leverage.
Expanding cooperation with China could provide a more rapid development of U.S. capabilities than attempting to produce a domestic equivalent of Chinese products that have already been on the market.
The future of the Asia-Pacific, and indeed the stability of the global economy, depends on their ability to coexist constructively in an interconnected world.
In an era of globalization, no country can solve all problems on its own. On this point, the U.S. Government must come to a clearer understanding.
The two countries can help lift bilateral trade from its current lows to new heights, benefiting not only both nations but also the global economy as a whole.