Should the US Embrace or Reject Engagement with China?

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