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Analysts Discuss China Coup That Wasn't
Most outside analysts believe that by sidelining people like Li and Wang, who favored a greater role for market forces in the Chinese economy, Xi has cleared the way for bring...
By Jacob Stokes
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Taiwan National Day: Tsai Ing-wen Takes On The Giant with American Backing
Not long after Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taipei, the US State Department, headed by Antony Blinken, announced the sale of more than a billion dollars worth of military equipment...
By Jacob Stokes
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U.S. Aims to Turn Taiwan into Giant Weapons Depot
The United States would not be able to resupply Taiwan as easily as Ukraine because of the lack of ground routes from neighboring countries. The goal now, officials say, is to...
By Jacob Stokes
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U.S., Pacific Islands Summit Strengthen Partnership, Experts Say Will Help Taiwan Protect Diplomatic Ties
Jacob Stokes, a researcher at the Center for a New American Security, a think tank in Washington, believes that if the United States can compete with China for influence in th...
By Jacob Stokes
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Biden Pushes Limits of Taiwan Policy, despite Chinese Outrage
The administration is sensitive to China’s opposition to the proposed legislation, introduced by Sens. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committe...
By Jacob Stokes
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Japan’s Defense Minister Urges the United States to Stand Firm on Taiwan
Last week, the head of Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council, Minister Chiu Tai-san, warned policymakers in Washington that China is preparing to attack the island and spoke of se...
By Jacob Stokes
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Taiwan Officials Call on Beijing to Ease Regional Military, Economic Tensions
Taiwan’s minister of mainland affairs on Wednesday called on the People’s Republic of China to to ease tensions in the region to maintain security and peace in the Taiwan Stra...
By Jacob Stokes
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US, China Trade Accusations Over Beijing’s Military Action Around Taiwan
Jacob Stokes, a fellow for the Indo-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security in Washington, D.C., told VOA Mandarin the canceled talks are the lower-...
By Jacob Stokes
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Will the US military intervene in China's military exercises? Experts: in a "delicate balance"
International concern is whether the situation in the Taiwan Strait may go awry and lead to a crisis, and whether the US military will intervene. Jacob Stokes, an Indo-Pacific...
By Jacob Stokes
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Pelosi’s Taiwan trip ratchets up US-China tensions
There is bipartisan support for Pelosi’s trip, with more than two dozen Republican senators, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), backing her visit in a s...
By Jacob Stokes
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Pelosi’s Visit Risks Turning Taiwan Into a Political Football, Aides Worry
After weeks of mounting speculation, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is set to visit Taiwan this week during her trip through Asia, prompting a caustic response from officials...
By Jacob Stokes
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Despite Xi's 'fire', call with Biden avoided Taiwan escalation
U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping managed largely to steer clear of escalatory rhetoric on Taiwan in a Thursday call, suggesting that neither side – pr...
By Jacob Stokes
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Yoon and the Future of Korea-Europe Relations
The inclusion of four Indo-Pacific states demonstrates the NATO alliance’s adaptation to a new security environment three decades since the end of the Cold War. Back in Februa...
By Jacob Stokes
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Hong Kong 25 years later: Why it matters for the US
Jacob Stokes, fellow for the Indo-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, said that China’s breach of “one country, two systems” for Hong Kong has ...
By Jacob Stokes
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National Security Daily: The Supreme Court is hurting Biden’s foreign policy, too
XI VISITS HONG KONG: Chinese leader XI JINPING left mainland China for the first time since the start of the pandemic to effectively sound the death knell for Hong Kong’s demo...
By Jacob Stokes
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Quad leaders vow to oppose attempts to ‘change status quo by force’, with China and Russia on their minds
Leaders of the four Quad nations vowed on Tuesday to oppose all attempts to “change the status quo by force” in the Indo-Pacific, as concerns about China and internal differen...
By Jacob Stokes
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Australia’s Got a Solomon Islands Headache (Again)
Analysts have dubbed Australia's upcoming elections a "khaki election" - one influenced by war-time rhetoric - as incumbent Prime Minister Scott Morrison has zeroed in on risi...
By Jacob Stokes
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Confronting Russia will deter China, says Japanese defense minister
A strong international response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine is critical to deterring China from embarking on territorial conquests in Taiwan or the South China Sea, sai...
By Jacob Stokes
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U.S. lacks Asian logistics support for armed conflict: Pentagon
The U.S. Department of Defense believes that American forces lack sufficient logistics capabilities in Asia to refuel and rearm in the event of an armed conflict in the region...
By Jacob Stokes
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What Taiwan can learn from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
On a Friday night in Taipei, dozens of people gather in a bookstore to learn what to do if war comes to Taiwan. The shop window is plastered with slogans denouncing China and ...
By Jacob Stokes