The voice of Truman members, writing in their personal capacity.
It’s a sad day in Washington, DC. Today, the National Zoo’s longtime giant panda loan came to an end and these furry envoys of diplomacy boarded their bamboo-filled FedEx truck and drove to the airport for a long flight across the world.
President Biden has made headlines with his declaration that the United States would “get involved militarily to defend Taiwan,” seemingly dispensing with decades of strategic ambiguity. Why should Americans care? What makes Taiwan worth defending?
The EU’s response to the war in Ukraine has defied its stereotypes as nothing but a stifling and cumbersome bureaucracy. With remarkable political unity among its 27 Member States, the EU has demonstrated that in moments of real crisis, it can become a significant actor (and US partner) with real impact in the security and defense space.