Is Washington’s China Policy Shifting?

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Policymakers in Washington don’t agree about much, but there’s a striking bipartisan consensus on one issue: China. On both sides of the aisle, there is agreement that it’s past time to get tough on Beijing.

But is Washington’s China policy shifting? Are U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan finally listening to their European counterparts and advocating for a softer approach on China? And just how far will Washington go in supporting Taiwan?

Join FP’s reporters in conversation with FP executive editor Amelia Lester for a wide-ranging discussion about how Washington is thinking about Beijing now.

Robbie Gramer

Diplomacy & national security reporter, Foreign Policy

Robbie Gramer is a diplomacy and national security reporter at Foreign Policy, covering the U.S. State Department. Before he joined FP in 2016, he managed the NATO portfolio at the Atlantic Council, a Washington-based think tank, for three years. 

Jack Detsch

Jack Detsch

Pentagon & national security reporter, Foreign Policy

Jack Detsch is Foreign Policy’s Pentagon and national security reporter. He was previously a staff writer at Al-Monitor, covering intelligence and defense.

Christina Lu

Reporter, Foreign Policy

Christina Lu is a reporter at Foreign Policy. Prior to joining FP, she worked at Foreign Affairs and the Southern African Institute for Policy and Research in Lusaka, Zambia. She is a graduate of Cornell University, where she received a bachelor’s degree in government and economics.

Amelia Lester, Foreign Policy executive editor

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Amelia Lester

Executive editor, Foreign Policy

Amelia Lester is the executive editor at Foreign Policy. She has worked as a journalist on three continents, most recently reporting in Japan for publications including the Economist, the New York Times, and the New York Review of Books. Previously, she was the editor in chief of the Sydney Morning Herald’s and Melbourne’s Age weekend magazine, and before that, she was managing editor and an executive editor at the New Yorker. Lester lives in Washington, D.C., and is a graduate of Harvard University.

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