House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) speaks after receiving the Order of Propitious Clouds with Special Grand Cordon, Taiwan’s highest civilian honor, from Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen at the president's office, in Taipei, Taiwan, on Aug. 3, 2022. Chien Chih-Hung/Office of The President via Getty Images
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Xi Jinping’s internal civil war against his party rivals in the build-up to the 20th Party Congress—now likely to occur in November 2022—took on a new dimension with the visit to Taipei on Aug. 2–3, 2022, of U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
Gregory Copley
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Gregory Copley is president of the Washington-based International Strategic Studies Association and editor-in-chief of the “Defense & Foreign Affairs” series of publications. Born in Australia, Copley is an entrepreneur, writer, government adviser, defense publication editor, and Member of the Order of Australia. His latest and 37th book is “The Noble State: Governance Options in an Ignoble Era.”
