Richard C. Bush

Handout photo dated October 28 2022 of the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) conducts a replenishment-at-sea with the Military Sealift Command Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler USNS Yukon (T-AO-202) in the Philippine Sea. Chancellorsville is forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific and is assigned to Commander, Task Force 70, a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interest of its allies and partners in the region. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Justin Stack via ABACAPRESS.COM

An American strategy for the Indo-Pacific in an age of US-China competition

Richard C. Bush, Tanvi Madan, Mireya Solís, Jonathan Stromseth, and Andrew Yeo

November 2022

A security official wearing a face mask amid COVID-19 concerns stands guard on Oct. 22, 2022, near Beijing's Great Hall of the People (back), where the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party concluded the same day. (Kyodo)==KyodoNO USE JAPAN

Around the halls: The outcomes of China’s 20th Party Congress

Richard C. Bush, Diana Fu, Ryan Hass, Patricia M. Kim, and Cheng Li

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Prospects and challenges for Taiwan in the years ahead

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM EDT

Hong Kong, China, 2 Apr 2022, People cross the street in Sai Yeung Choi South street in Mongkok. As COVID cases came down, Hongkongers went out massively. (Photo by Marc Fernandes/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

China’s Hong Kong and Taiwan problems: A semi-Leninist policy meets popular response

Richard C. Bush

Monday, April 4, 2022

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen speaks at a democracy-themed event for the Double-Tenth National Day, at an airforce base, following Chinese President Xi Jinping’s vow to unify Taiwan by peaceful means, in Hsinchu, Taiwan, 9 October 2021. The self ruled island has been facing intensifying military threats from China including record number of fighter jets cruising around Taiwan, whilst building better relations with the US, Australia, Japan and European countries including Lithuania, Poland and the Czech Republic. (Photo by Ceng Shou Yi/NurPhoto)

The Biden administration is right to include Taiwan in the Summit for Democracy

Richard C. Bush and Ryan Hass

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

FILE PHOTO: A screen displays a CCTV state media news broadcast showing Chinese President Xi Jinping addressing world leaders at the G20 meeting in Rome via video link at a shopping mall in Beijing, China, October 31, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo

Where Brookings experts read about China

Richard C. Bush, David Dollar, Ryan Hass, Jamie P. Horsley, and Shuxian Luo

Wednesday, November 10, 2021

The role of domestic politics in US-Taiwan relations

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM EDT

People taking selfies near a footbridge decorated with lanterns ahead of the Lunar New Year, amid the Covid-19 pandemic.The island country will see few people in the streets as events, activities and gatherings for festival celebration have been cancelled or postponed to avoid the transmission subsequent to a cluster of domestic outbreak. (Photo by Daniel Tsang / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Can Taiwan have security AND the good life?

Richard C. Bush and Bill Finan

Friday, April 23, 2021

Difficult choices: Taiwan’s quest for security and the good life

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM EDT

Cover: Difficult Choices

Difficult Choices

By Richard C. Bush

2021