professor of political science and international affairs at temple university to penn and joins us now by scott from tokyo thank you so much for your time mr ben law. is china ramping up the pressure on taiwan and why now. well certainly china has been rounding up pressure on taiwan since 2016 actually since the current president in one in taiwan was elected we have to understand that sign one is much more independent minded than her predecessor and she has refused to recognise the one china principle so we've seen a lot of a lot of pressure from china for the last 5 years but certainly over the last year this pressure has increased even further more military drills and much harsher rhetoric and now that we have a new administration and washington would be coming by in the midst ration certainly what we are probably looking at right now is an attempt by china to kind of test the waters and see what kind of reaction or what kind of bus approach will be new by doing the miss tracing have told words of the taiwan china situation to that and how do you think that the biden administration i

for advanced studies and social sciences at the doha institute in washington the states we have william lawrence is a visiting professor of political science and international affairs at george washington university and in beirut we have dahlia again and she is a resident scholar at the carnegie middle east center welcome to you all a male can i come to you 1st is the military now calling all the shots in algeria. well you know it has been the year then to do it has been the negatives has a president and what we can see is that there hasn't been any kind of true when will all of the leadership systemin all genera and actually even be far to boom when to feel caught arrived at the head of the country in 1000 that there was already a problem of leadership so the current feeling now. is that there's a kind of effect seat nisar on them that we're already heard in the ninety's during presidential system with the new presidential prisoner president to blunt has shown that it is not sustainable as long as the army is really in charge of the country well we have had been absent from the country for almost 2 months and what we have observed is that everything was blocked in

again professor shambaugh i think well known to all of you reservations studies political science and international affairs director of the policy program

again professor shambaugh i think well known to all of you reservations studies political science and international affairs and director of the policy program here at george washington university in washington dc he earned his phd from university of michigan where he stated on - - to do with michael luxenberg i cannot run through everything he has done through history. they should know he was the editor the china the quarterly and went to different will send fellowships as well as the director of the asia program and also the us department of state and the nsc and most importantly over the past several decades training generations of students and a friend the most influential book on china and us china relations over 30 books and articles including china's future which we launched here at the wilson center in 2016. he conducted his research in china, singapore, western europe and most recently and important for today's program in southeast asia the newly published book where great powers meet america and china and southeast asia the subject is timely conducting his research and is more timely now during co

david shambaugh, well known to all of you turkeys a professor of asian studies political science and international affairs and director of the china sea policy program in the l.a. school district elliott school at george washington university in washington, d.c. washington, d.c. he earned his phd from university of michigan, the old michigan mafia we start with michael oxenford again well known to many people press also advisor for people on this call. i can't run through everything professor shambaugh has done throughout his storied career but i it should note he was er of the china quarterly as he was a wilson fellow twice, two different wilson fellowships as well as the former director of the asia program which is a cosponsor today. and also within the us department of state and the nsc. and then perhaps most importantly over the past several decades he has trained generations of students and written some of the most influential books on china and u.s.-china relations. over 30 books and major articles, including china's future which launched a washington, d.c. the wilson center in 2016. 2016. he has co

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