Will U.S.-Taiwan Relations Lead to War With China?

China has long claimed Taiwan as its own, and U.S. policy toward the issue is strategically ambiguous. If an increasingly assertive China invades the island, where most Taiwanese people vehemently oppose unification, the United States and the world will suffer massive economic and geopolitical consequences. Global economic loss would likely reach trillions of dollars, and if the United States gets involved in the conflict, an invasion could also trigger the first great-power war in a century. But invasion is not a given, and U.S. officials can still adapt their policies to deter China from altering the status quo. This episode was originally released by Why It Matters on July 13, 2023. Find us Taiwan, China, and the Threat of War - https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/taiwan-china-and-threat-war Why It Matters - https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/why-it-matters Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/39tmKmi Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3ACtkTq Google Podcasts - https://bit.ly/2W5Ef94 Host Gabrielle Sierra Podcast Host and Senior Producer Episode Guests David Sacks Fellow for Asia Studies, CFR James Lin Assistant Professor at the University of Washington Related Episodes A New Nuclear Age - https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/new-nuclear-age Batteries Not Included - https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/batteries-not-included Subscribe to our channel: https://goo.gl/WCYsH7 The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher. Visit the CFR website: http://www.cfr.org Follow CFR on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/cfr_org Follow CFR on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/councilonfor...