The Future of Strategic Ambiguity

The Future of Strategic Ambiguity
A man wearing a mask holds a Taiwanese flag as he joins others at a rally to mark Taiwan's National Day in Tsim Sha Tsui district in Hong Kong on Oct. 10, 2019. Philip Fong/AFP via Getty Images
June Teufel Dreyer
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Commentary
The eyes of the world, it would seem, are on Taiwan, which has received a level of international attention far beyond the island’s modest position on the map. Hardly a day goes by without some report of Chinese air force planes violating the informal median line between the two states or ships encroaching on what Taiwan considers its territorial waters. And the widely respected Economist magazine has named the island the most dangerous place on earth.
June Teufel Dreyer
June Teufel Dreyer
Author
June Teufel Dreyer is a professor of politics at the University of Miami, a senior fellow of the Foreign Policy Research Institute, a faculty adviser to the Rumsfeld Foundation, and a former commissioner of the congressionally-mandated U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. Her books include studies on China’s ethnic minorities, Sino-Japanese relations, a comprehensive treatment of Chinese government now in its 10th edition, and an edited volume on Taiwan politics.
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