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Taiwan, Asia, China, China‑Taiwan

July 28, 2026

The Loneliest Island

And a small number of U.S. experts and policymakers—including some within the Trump administration—are arguing that the United States should walk away from what the foreign policy scholars Jennifer Kavanagh and Stephen Wertheim, writing in Foreign Affairs, called an “unwinnable war” against China over Taiwan.

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Featuring

Jennifer
Kavanagh

Senior Fellow & Director of Military Analysis

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Stephen
Wertheim

Senior Fellow, American Statecraft Program

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

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