China’s navy is growing — one aircraft carrier at a time. Photographer: Anthony Wallace/AFP/Getty Images Xi’s military has options ranging from stepped up coercion to an outright invasion of the island.
Hal Brands is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist and the Henry Kissinger Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies.
While conflicts in Ukraine and Israel have dominated the world’s attention, this year has been relatively quiet in the Taiwan Strait. Next year may not be.Taiwan is fast approaching its next presidential election, in January 2024. Once that vote is over, Beijing may try to discipline Taiwan’s new […]
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