Description

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From the American Enterprise Institute's leading Foreign and Defense Policy scholars, Defending Taiwan offers a road map for US policy to deter and defend against Chinese aggression toward Taiwan. The top experts explain why the US should care about Taiwan's sovereignty. They also examine the consequences of not defending the principles that the international order-which has made us safe and prosperous-relies on and what it would take to successfully protect Taiwan and the international order more broadly from Chinese predation. The chapters not only identify the major debates about protecting Taiwan's sovereignty but also provide the trenchant analysis and data to inform American and allied national security strategies. US policy belongs on the side of people seeking freedom. This book is an essential resource for shaping such policy.

About the Author

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Kori Schake is a senior fellow and the director offoreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI).Before joining AEI, Dr. Schake was the deputy director-general of the InternationalInstitute for Strategic Studies in London. She has had a distinguished careerin government, working at the US State Department, the US Department ofDefense, and the National Security Council at the White House. She has alsotaught at Stanford, West Point, Johns Hopkins University's School of AdvancedInternational Studies, National Defense University, and the University ofMaryland. Dr. Schake is the author of five books, among them "America vsthe West: Can the Liberal World Order Be Preserved?" (Penguin Random HouseAustralia, Lowy Institute, 2018) and "Safe Passage: The Transition fromBritish to American Hegemony" (Harvard University Press, 2017). Dr. Schakehas a PhD and MA in government and politics from the University of Maryland, aswell as an MPM from the University of Maryland School of Public Policy. Her BAin international relations is from Stanford University. AllisonSchwartz was a research and communications associate at the AmericanEnterprise Institute. She received her masters from Georgetown's SecurityStudies Program.