Skip to main content
Results for:
Paul Heer

Engagement With China Has Not Failed

In the News
The National Interest
Paul Heer

Paul Heer argues that US engagement with China has not failed - it just has not succeeded yet, and is still worth trying.

Chinese President Xi Jinping in Paris.
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

America Must Beware Its Foreign Policy Blind Spots

In the News
The National Interest
Paul Heer

Paul Heer argues that, after the invasion of Ukraine, the United States must recognize and confront its foreign policy blind spots.

An American flag curls over a map of Eastern Europe.
iStock
Defense and Security

Why US-China Cooperation Remains Elusive

In the News
The National Interest
Paul Heer

"It is rarely acknowledged or even considered that Beijing actually shares much of Washington’s vision for the Indo-Pacific," argues Paul Heer in the National Interest.

Reuters
Defense and Security

What Biden and Blinken Got Right on China

In the News
The National Interest
Paul Heer

“If Washington is prepared to acknowledge that it can coexist with China, the strategic rivalry could be managed peacefully,” writes Paul Heer in the National Interest.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rome
Reuters
Defense and Security

Can a US-China War Be Averted?

In the News
The National Interest
Paul Heer

Nonresident Senior Fellow Paul Heer analyzes former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd’s take on US-China relations in the National Interest.

Reuters
Defense and Security

The Real Lesson for Taiwan from Ukraine

In the News
The National Interest
Paul Heer

“The most important lesson from the Ukraine crisis regarding Taiwan is not for Beijing or Taipei, but Washington,” writes Paul Heer in the National Interest.

Silhouettes of soldiers walking up a hill.
Reuters
Defense and Security

What Is Really Driving Chinese Aggression?

In the News
National Interest
Paul Heer

Actions by other players—including China’s neighbors and the United States—are key drivers of Beijing’s perception of the international environment and responses to it, Paul Heer explains.

Chinese tank
REUTERS
Defense and Security

The Chinese Communist Party's Historical Mission

In the News
National Interest
Paul Heer

"Foreign audiences should read [China's] resolution as a benchmark manifesto in the Party’s quest for China’s global power and legitimacy," writes Paul Heer in National Interest.

 A screen shows late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping during a show commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

Has Washington's Policy Toward Taiwan Crossed the Rubicon?

In the News
National Interest
Paul Heer

"If Taiwan […] is part of an international struggle against the PRC, how is that not a de facto ‘one China, one Taiwan’ policy?” writes Paul Heer in National Interest.

Secretary of Defense, Lloyd J. Austin III administers the oath of office to Dr. Ely Ratner.
Chad J. McNeeley
US Foreign Policy

New Book Hints at Biden’s Strategic Approach to China

In the News
The National Interest
Paul Heer

Given the Biden administration’s mantra that the US-China relationship “will be competitive where it should be, collaborative where it can be, and adversarial where it must be,” Doshi’s discussion of the prospects for bilateral cooperation merits attention.

Chinese Communist Party 100th Celebrations
REUTERS
US Foreign Policy