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Sep 26, 2024 | 
csis.org | Bonny Lin |Power ShellModule Project
U.S. policy toward the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Taiwan is likely to maintain its broad contours under a Harris or a Trump administration. The Harris and Trump teams share the view that China challenges and threatens the established international order, peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific, and the United States. “Managing” China or “winning” against China will be a top priority for the next U.S. administration, as intense U.S. competition with China will likely continue.
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Jul 2, 2024 | 
foreignaffairs.com | Bonnie Glaser |Bonny Lin
Since 1996, all of Taiwan’s elected presidents have at some point during their time in office declared that theirs is a sovereign, independent state. The new president of Taiwan, Lai Ching-te, who was elected in January and inaugurated in May, is the first to make that declaration at the beginning of his term.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
csis.org | Christopher Johnstone |Bonny Lin |Japan Chair |Power ShellModule Project
IntroductionOn May 23 and 24, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) conducted its latest large-scale military exercise (Joint Sword-2024A) along with law enforcement operations around Taiwan, signaling the growing PRC threat of a quarantine or blockade of Taiwan. As part of a range of PRC activities, China exercised “military-police” coordination between the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and the China Coast Guard (CCG) to surround the main island of Taiwan and Taiwan-controlled outlying islands.
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Dec 12, 2023 | 
podcasts.apple.com | Bonny Lin |Thomas J. Christensen |Jessica Weiss |Bonnie Glaser
This podcast episode is a joint and cross-over episode between the CSIS ChinaPower Podcast and the German Marshall Fund’s China Global Podcast. We are joined by Bonnie Glaser, Jessica Chen Weiss, and Thomas Christensen to discuss their recently released article titled “Taiwan and the True Sources of Deterrence.” The authors underline the article’s key point, that assurances, alongside threats, are an integral part of effective deterrence.
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Sep 11, 2023 | 
foreignpolicy.com | Bonny Lin
Geopolitics Military China Russia Listen to this article In July, nearly a dozen Chinese and Russian warships 20 combat exercises in the Sea of Japan before beginning a 2,300-nautical-mile joint patrol, including into the waters near Alaska.
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Aug 22, 2023 | 
asiapacificdefencereporter.com | Mark Cancian |Bonny Lin
President Biden recently announced the provision of $345 million of military aid to Taiwan using drawdown authority passed by Congress last December. Although this does not represent a change in overall U.S. policy, it does represent a major change in U.S. practice for providing arms and implies a closer military relationship. Previously all weapons were provided through sales, not through a drawdown of U.S. stockpiles.
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Aug 2, 2023 | 
csis.org | Mark Cancian |Bonny Lin |Power ShellModule Project |Asian security
President Biden recently announced the provision of $345 million of military aid to Taiwan using drawdown authority passed by Congress last December. Although this does not represent a change in overall U.S. policy, it does represent a major change in U.S. practice for providing arms and implies a closer military relationship. Previously all weapons were provided through sales, not through a drawdown of U.S. stockpiles.
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Jul 28, 2023 | 
theseoultimes.com | Mark Cancian |Bonny Lin
AmericaCSIS: The US Uses Drawdown Authority to Support Taiwan Special Contribution By Mark Cancian & Bonny LinUS President Joe Biden recently announced the provision of $345 million of military aid to Taiwan using drawdown authority passed by Congress last December. Although this does not represent a change in overall US policy, it does represent a major change in US practice for providing arms and implies a closer military relationship.
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May 17, 2023 | 
foreignaffairs.com | Bonny Lin |Joshua Kurlantzick |Michelle Gavin |Steven Cook
Sign in and save to read later Print this article Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Get a link Page url Request Reprint Permissions On April 21, China’s ambassador to France, Lu Shaye, proclaimed that whether Crimea is part of Ukraine “depends on how the problem is perceived.” He added more fuel to the fire by saying that “ex-Soviet countries don’t have an effective status in international law”—questioning not only the sovereignty of Ukraine but also that of over a dozen...
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Feb 15, 2023 | 
csis.org | Bonny Lin |Power ShellModule Project |Asian security
Chairman Reed, Ranking Member Wicker, and distinguished members of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, thank you for the opportunity today to testify at this important hearing on “U.S. Global Security Challenges and Strategy.”My testimony today will focus on three issues: the nature of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) challenge; what the United States is doing; and how China is responding.
