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Jennifer
Kavanagh

Senior Fellow & Director of Military Analysis

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Benjamin
Friedman

Policy Director

Defense Priorities

Mike
Sweeney

Non-Resident Fellow

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Peter
Harris

Non-Resident Fellow

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In the mediaChina‑Taiwan, Asia, Military analysis, Military strategy and budget, Taiwan

Is this the best time for U.S. strategists to push for abandoning ambiguity on Taiwan?

Featuring Jennifer Kavanagh

October 13, 2026

Kavanagh told the South China Morning Post on October 8 that of her many modeling efforts looking at what would […]

Op-edChina‑Taiwan, Asia, Taiwan

America’s commitment to Taiwan is a liability

By Jennifer Kavanagh

October 7, 2026

In the mediaChina, Asia, China‑Taiwan, Taiwan

Trump and Xi Meet With the U.S. in an Unfamiliar Position: Weakened

Featuring Jennifer Kavanagh

September 22, 2026

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In the mediaChina‑Taiwan, Asia, Military analysis, Military strategy and budget, Taiwan

Is this the best time for U.S. strategists to push for abandoning ambiguity on Taiwan?

Featuring Jennifer Kavanagh

October 13, 2026

In the mediaChina, Asia, China‑Taiwan, Grand strategy, Middle East

Great power cooperation in a fragmented world

Featuring Jennifer Kavanagh

October 8, 2026

Op-edChina‑Taiwan, Asia, Taiwan

America’s commitment to Taiwan is a liability

By Jennifer Kavanagh

October 7, 2026

Op-edChina‑Taiwan, Asia, Basing and global posture, China, Military analysis

The case for pulling U.S. military back from the first island chain

By Jennifer Kavanagh

October 5, 2026

In the mediaChina, Asia, China‑Taiwan

Trump, China and the question of selling arms to Beijing

Featuring Lyle Goldstein

September 29, 2026

Op-edChina‑Taiwan, Asia

The US needs a new Taiwan policy beyond strategic ambiguity

By Jennifer Kavanagh

September 25, 2026

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Read at South China Morning Post: Is this the best time for U.S. strategists to push for abandoning ambiguity on Taiwan?

Featuring Jennifer Kavanagh

October 13, 2026

Read at Washington Sun: Trump and Xi Meet With the U.S. in an Unfamiliar Position: Weakened

Featuring Jennifer Kavanagh

September 22, 2026

Read at South China Morning Post: Nearly half of Taiwanese lack confidence in U.S. defence commitments, survey finds

Featuring Jennifer Kavanagh

September 21, 2026

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virtualAsia, China, Grand strategy, Taiwan

Are semiconductors a reason to defend Taiwan?

November 17, 2022
virtualChina, Grand strategy, Taiwan

Taiwan tensions and U.S.-China competition

August 25, 2022