Biden’s Taiwan Position Is Not an Accident.
I would like to share the insights and analysis dated May 27, 2022, by Mr. John Schaus, a senior fellow in the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C.
In Japan earlier this week, President Biden, responding to a direct question, gave a direct answer:
Reporter: “Are you willing to get involved militarily to defend Taiwan, if it comes to that?”
President Biden: “Yes.”
According to Asia watchers in Washington, this simple statement may have either upended 40 years of U.S. policy regarding Taiwan, precipitated a major crisis with China, or could need to be walked back by the White House staff.
It may be possible, though, that the president was not changing U.S. policy, but rather reshaping the existing policy to adjust for changes in geopolitics over the past 40 years (the rise of China) and over the past 90 days (Russia’s invasion of Ukraine).
