Washington Forum: ‘Strategic Ambiguity’ Policy and Taiwan

Washington Forum: ‘Strategic Ambiguity’ Policy and Taiwan
Flags of Taiwan and the United States are placed for a meeting between U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce and Su Chia-chyuan, President of the Legislative Yuan in Taipei, Taiwan on March 27, 2018. Tyrone Siu/Reuters
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Communist China flew a record number of military aircraft into Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone, raising serious warnings earlier this month of potential military attacks.

Many Washington insiders believe that the United States should be ready to help defend Taiwan when the Chinese Communist Party attacks. But others argue that the United States must avoid war with China over Taiwan at all costs, as America should refuse to be drawn into a war with Beijing.