Daphne Hall on Maintaining “strategic ambiguity” policy with China and Taiwan
Daphne Hall
Maintaining “strategic ambiguity” policy with China and Taiwan
Claims and stances
Transcript
- 0:00 Um, okay, so the topic I want to talk about is um whether the US should maintain its policy on um of strategic ambiguity when it comes to China and Taiwan Taiwanese relations.
- 0:15 Um and so my thought process behind this is that yes, the US should maintain its policy um of strategic ambiguity that it's had since the late 70s, early 80s, um, because of the one China policy that basically set the US is saying that um they acknowledge the um China's claim over Taiwan, but they still maintain the ability to um intervene if it came down to it, if it came down to like sovereignty um with Taiwan or if China, you know, really engaged with Taiwan um in a negative way.
- 0:52 Um it also means that the US can kind of maintain ambiguity in its relationship with Taiwan.
- 0:59 Um right now it offers a lot of help with um military weapons and providing weapons to Taiwan.
- 1:05 Um, but I think that it's really a good way for the US to have involvement and have some say without um sticking its nose in um Chinese affairs, which would most likely anger China and create actual tension between the United States and China um that could really turn into something bigger.
- 1:26 Um, especially because we don't really live in a hedge like in a unipolar world anymore, and China is definitely on the rise.
- 1:34 Um, and so the United States um needs to be careful about its policy implications, especially when it comes to Taiwan, which is not of um it's of interest to the United States because of um chips, but it's okay for the US to not be um completely involved.
- 1:51 Um I also think that this just provides a way to de-escalate any tensions um between China and the US because it gives both sides what they want.
- 2:00 Um, and so this is better.
- 2:03 Um and then also another possibility or implication of strategic ambiguity would be um encouraging Taiwan um to create its own defense mechanisms against China if it felt necessary.
- 2:18 Um and that way it's not really free riding on the United States' um military capabilities um as other countries have in the past.
- 2:25 Um, so yeah.