House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's controversial Taiwan trip came amid increasingly harsh warnings of retaliations from Beijing and escalating US-China tensions. Nonresident Senior Fellow Paul Heer joins Deep Dish to argue the importance of engagement with China as a necessary component of US foreign policy. If we do not pursue it, he says, we are missing opportunities for a more peaceful coexistence between both countries and the world. 

Reading List:

• The Next Taiwan Strait Crisis Has Arrived, Paul Heer, The National Interest, August 2, 2022 
• Engagement With China Has Not Failed, Paul Heer, The National Interest, July 14, 2022 
• Understanding U.S.-China Strategic Competition, Paul Heer, The National Interest, October 20, 2020