The Taiwan Challenge, With Oriana Mastro and David Sacks (Election 2024, Episode 5)

Oriana Mastro, a Center Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and David Sacks, a fellow for Asia studies at CFR, sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss U.S. policy toward Taiwan in light of talk that China might seek to compel the island’s reunification with the mainland. This episode is the fifth in a special TPI series on the U.S. 2024 presidential election and is supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

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Host
  • James M. Lindsay
    Mary and David Boies Distinguished Senior Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy and Director of Fellowship Affairs
Credits

Kenadee Mangus - Associate Podcast Producer

Gabrielle Sierra - Editorial Director and Producer

Episode Guests
  • Oriana Skylar Mastro
    Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow
  • David Sacks
    Fellow for Asia Studies

Show Notes

Council on Foreign Relations, China's Belt and Road: Implications for the United States

 

Council on Foreign Relations, U.S.-Taiwan Relations in a New Era: Responding to a More Assertive China

 

Oriana Skylar Mastro, “The Pivot That Wasn’t,” Foreign Affairs

 

Oriana Skylar Mastro,This Is What America Is Getting Wrong About China and Taiwan,” New York Times 

 

Oriana Skylar Mastro, Upstart: How China Became a Great Power

 

David Sacks, “Taiwan’s Trump Conundrum,” CFR.org.

 

The U.S. Election and Foreign Policy, CFR.org

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