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The United States and Britain Avoid the Taiwan Strait, Showing Fear

The United States and Britain Avoid the Taiwan Strait, Showing Fear
The HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier leaves Portsmouth Naval Base on the south coast of England on May 1, 2021. The carrier will take part in exercises off Scotland before heading to the Indo-Pacific region for her first operational deployment. Adrian Dennis/AFP via Getty Images
Anders Corr
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Britain’s new aircraft carrier, the Queen Elizabeth, is almost underway. It’s currently in the dockyard of Portsmouth, on England’s south coast, taking on essential supplies: carrots, potatoes, a popcorn popper, 250 U.S. Marines, and 10 U.S. F35-B lightning jets (outnumbering Britain’s own such jets onboard).
Anders Corr
Anders Corr
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Anders Corr has a bachelor's/master's in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea" (2018).
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