澳门六合彩

Strait to the Point: Current Challenges for Taiwan and US-Taiwan Relations

Taiwan鈥檚 always-difficult quest for status and security has reached a new inflection point, as have US-Taiwan relations. China launched military exercises following US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi鈥檚 visit to Taiwan鈥攂y some assessments the 鈥渇ourth cross-Strait crisis鈥� since the establishment of the People鈥檚 Republic of China. In recent years, US-China relations have deteriorated鈥攐n some accounts, verging on a new Cold War. Congress has passed an unprecedented raft of 鈥減ro-Taiwan鈥� legislation since 2016. President Biden and his administration have taken positions that arguably diverge significantly from traditional US formulations of 鈥渟trategic ambiguity.鈥� Russia鈥檚 invasion of Ukraine, as well as US and PRC assessments of each other as security threats, have raised anew the specter of aggression by鈥攁nd conflict among鈥攇reat powers. Concerns are rising about an increasingly powerful and assertive China鈥檚 possible impatience with a lack of progress on reunification of Taiwan. Taiwan鈥檚 impending presidential transition is creating uncertainties not seen in nearly a generation.

Amid these developments, and in the context of international institutional and normative orders that are under stress and fracturing, will the multifaceted strategies that Taiwan has pursued successfully to secure international space and support still work? How will they need to adapt to the challenges of our moment? What are the implications for US policy and US-Taiwan relations?