When President Trump meets the President of China, four high-stakes issues will be on the table, including one close to home.
The United States sent mixed signals with its latest handling of the Iran conflict, and Japan is watching with concern about Taiwan.
The Ohio Problem refers to the desperate resupply of Malta during WWII. Taiwan might be just as limited in resources in a war with China.
China is not ready to take Taiwan by force, and does not dare use its civilian ferry fleet even to attempt it.
Communist China has sent warships to enforce its maritime laws in Taiwanese waters, and international law does not vindicate this action.
Xi Jinping quotes (without attribution) a classical scholar on the Athens-Sparta War to keep America at bay - and Trump isn't having it.
The China summit is over, but questions remain about Taiwan, trade, and Iran. The answers will define the relationship.
President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China cannot survive if he does not at least try to invade Taiwan.
American policymakers and politicians too often fail to understand unrestricted warfare and the willingness of others to wage it.
Too many Americans don't understand what tariffs are or what purposes they serve. Donald Trump is using them in two productive ways.