China and Taiwan; U.S. Options For Regional Security

Retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Duke Woodhull opines that Xi believes that a blustering, threatening approach will so thoroughly discourage Taiwan’s potential defenders, that a fully-mobilized invasion of Taiwan will not even be required.

PART II: The Age of Presidents and the Holy Grail, 1971-1991

Finding the “arms race” particularly expensive, Russia and the US entered into a period of give and take. And in the spirit of giving,  when Nixon made a historic visit to China, the US dropped our objection to China’s presence in the UN, and China appeared on the world stage.