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What Happens to Australia If Taiwan Falls? | Walter Russell Mead

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April 11, 2025

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Walter Russell Mead warns that if China takes Taiwan, it could gain control over critical sea lanes, forcing countries like Japan—and eventually Australia—to rely on Beijing’s permission to trade and access energy. In this view, Taiwan’s fate directly shapes the future independence of the Indo-Pacific.

Walter Russell Mead is the Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship at Hudson Institute, the Global View Columnist at The Wall Street Journal, and the James Clarke Chace Professor of Foreign Affairs and Humanities at Bard College in New York. He is also a member of Aspen Institute Italy and board member of Aspenia.

Before joining Hudson, Mr. Mead was a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations as the Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy. He has authored numerous books, including the widely-recognized Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How It Changed the World (Alfred A. Knopf, 2004). His latest book is entitled The Arc of A Covenant: The United States, Israel, and the Future of the Jewish People.

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Walter Russell MeadIndo-Pacific Walter Russell MeadHudson InstituteGlobal View ColumnistThe Wall Street JournalJames Clarke Chace ProfessorForeign AffairsBard College

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