Thursday, June 15, 2017

The World Is Deserting Taiwan. How Should the U.S. Respond?

A ChinaFile Conversation between Richard Bernstein, Margaret Lewis and J. Michael Cole 

There are plenty of things the United States could do, and ought to do, to prevent further isolation of Taiwan. Although Washington has no right to tell other sovereign states how to act on what they believe to be in their national (often economic) interest—such as, in Panama’s case, establishing diplomatic relations with China—it could certainly do more to counterbalance Beijing’s efforts to narrow democratic Taiwan’s international space. 

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