Taiwan has called Beijing a threat to stability as dozens of Chinese warplanes fly around Taiwan on their way to military drills with China’s Shandong aircraft carrier close by in the Pacific Ocean. This at the same time as NATO leaders met for the alliance's 75th anniversary summit in Washington, where a draft communique described China as a “systemic challenge” to Euro-Atlantic security. “The People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) stated ambitions and coercive policies continue to challenge our interests, security and values. Its deepening strategic partnership with Russia and their mutually reinforcing attempts to undercut and reshape the rules-based international order, are a cause for profound concern,” the statement said.
It added, “The Indo-Pacific is important for NATO, given that developments in that region directly affect Euro-Atlantic security.” The language on China was described by analysts as an extraordinary step by the alliance. In the week before the summit, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the Indo-Pacific theater required NATO’s attention.
Our guest:
Andrew J. Nathan
- Distinguished China expert from Columbia University's Department of Political Science
- Pioneering American sinologist
- Protégé of John King Fairbank
- Founder of the East Asian Research Center at Harvard University
- Has undertaken over 50 years of research and published 15 books
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