To the editor: The problem with megaphone diplomacy is that it may end up cornering the parties involved into a nonnegotiable position where being seen as weak is not an option.
The problem with megaphone diplomacy is that it may end up cornering the parties involved into a nonnegotiable position where being seen as weak is not an option. That’s precisely what House Speaker Nancy Pelosi did with her Taiwan visit.
I realize that this might well be the last chance that Pelosi could take her stance on Taiwan as the speaker of the House, but she could just as well have visited Taiwan without blabbing it out to the world. Our worst fear is to give false hope to Taiwan, which has a rather ill-equipped military to defend itself. Knowing how America has behaved in Vietnam, Afghanistan and most recently Ukraine, Taiwan would be wise to keep its head down.Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan signaled unambiguous U.S. support for that country.It is important that the U.S.
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