Welcome to China 360°, a bulletin featuring original insights from the scholars at the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy’s 21st Century China Center to keep you informed about the complex and multidimensional developments in China and U.S.-China relations.
Issue 25: Oct. 13, 2022
POLICY REPORT
Avoiding War Over Taiwan

This new policy brief, cosigned by 14 members of the Task Force on U.S.-China Policy convened by Asia Society’s Center on U.S.-China Relations and the center, argues that it is both essential and possible to avoid war in the Taiwan Strait by bolstering deterrence through enhancing the credibility of both our assurances and threats.
ARTICLE
How to Avoid a War Over Taiwan
In this Foreign Affairs article, adapted from the full report from the Task Force on U.S.-China Policy, five of its members distill the necessary elements to an effective U.S. strategy of deterrence and stability regarding one of the most fraught regions of the world: the Taiwan Strait.
ANALYSIS
Waging External Struggle Through Law: China’s Evolving Legal Strategies and Pelosi’s Taiwan Visits
Keith Hand, UC Hastings law professor and nonresident scholar at the center, has just released a report on China’s use of legal strategies to enhance its ability to apply coercive pressure internationally. This report highlights new legal developments in the PRC’s strategy toward Taiwan around and after Nancy Pelosi’s visit last summer.
ANALYSIS
The Fourth Taiwan Strait Crisis is Here
For other perspectives, check out UC San Diego professors Stephan Haggard’s and Robert Thomas’ contributions to a recent issue of Global Asia where the authors discussed the Fourth Taiwan Strait crisis against the backdrop of the Russia-Ukraine War.
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