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1/9/22

US difficult diplomatic choices: The US Faces Hard Choices on Strategic Ambiguity Over Ukraine, Taiwan - by Jeffrey Mankoff

* Russian and Chinese pressure has raised questions about US willingness to defend Ukraine and Taiwan.

* "Strategic ambiguity" still serves a deterrent function, but the value of that deterrent is diminishing.

* As great-power competition intensifies, the US will have to make hard choices about what it will do to defend some partners.

Russia's military buildup against Ukraine and China's aggressive posture toward Taiwan suggest the US is approaching an inflection point when it will need to make hard choices about how far it will go to support beleaguered partners.

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