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US strategic ambiguity over Taiwan must end
The policy of ambiguity worked well as long as America was strong enough to maintain it. Those days are over. It is now fostering regional instability instead.
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When it comes to Taiwan, the US has adopted a policy of strategic ambiguity, says the writer.
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Shinzo Abe
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(PROJECT SYNDICATE) - Russia's invasion of Ukraine has reminded many people of the fraught relationship between China and Taiwan. But while there are three similarities between the situation in Ukraine and Taiwan, there are also significant differences.
The first similarity is that there is a very large military power gap between Taiwan and China, just as there was between Ukraine and Russia. Moreover, that gap is growing larger every year.
