US-CHINA TENSIONS/FRICTION/STRAINS ESCALATE AMIDST TAIWAN STRAIT CRISIS/DISPUTE/CONFLICT

The US and China continue to clash/compete/friction over the status of Taiwan, with recent developments raising/heightening/amplifying concerns about a potential military confrontation/escalation/crisis. Beijing has conducted extensive/frequent/numerous military exercises near Taiwan, while Washington has pledged/reiterated/confirmed its commitment

Violence is endemic to the frontier, and The existing wars and threats in Ukraine, the center East, and East Asia should have astonished no-one. A realistic strategy to manage violence alongside the frontier begins by recognizing that simple fact, and its corollary: that preserving the status quo requires an unsleeping vigilance in these distant sp