Managing Director, Asia Society Policy Institute; Senior Fellow, Center for China Analysis. Views my own.https://bsky.app/profile/rorrydaniels.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/rorrydaniels.bsky.social/post/3lhy34g2l5227Delighted to speak to Swasti Rao at The Print on Trump’s priorities and the U.S.-India relationship this week @asiapolicy.asiasociety.org https://youtu.be/rj51DgJU9UU?si=7JtEdTz_mIiUYEwd12 Feb 2025 11:30 +0000at://did:plc:rdx3ff56dqbbrkgvsbvgyb7i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhy34g2l5227https://bsky.app/profile/rorrydaniels.bsky.social/post/3ld4qdmebcs2gWill Xi Jinping attend Donald Trump's inauguration? I doubt it, but interesting opening move. My thoughts: 1) Xi and Trump do need to meet early to set the tone of the bilateral relationship over the next 4 years. No other channel will be authoritative enough for either side 1/612 Dec 2024 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:rdx3ff56dqbbrkgvsbvgyb7i/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld4qdmebcs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/rorrydaniels.bsky.social/post/3lcxpv3co7s2zBeijing views #Taiwan's Lai Ching-te as a separatist deterred only by force, while Lai avoids concessions amid domestic challenges and U.S. ties. How will the next year play out? Read more in @asiapolicy ’s new report: https://asiasociety.org/policy-institute/china-2025-what-watch#risk-of-volatility-will-loom-large-across-the-taiwan-strait--19983 #ASPIChina202510 Dec 2024 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:rdx3ff56dqbbrkgvsbvgyb7i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcxpv3co7s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/rorrydaniels.bsky.social/post/3lcnvdaiyyc2a 9DASHLINE op-Ed by Rorry Daniels "For at least the next four years, downward pressure on the US-China relationship will prevent a breakthrough in cross-Taiwan Strait relations" buff.ly/3BtDxqK | https://buff.ly/3BtDxqK06 Dec 2024 19:14 +0000at://did:plc:rdx3ff56dqbbrkgvsbvgyb7i/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcnvdaiyyc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/rorrydaniels.bsky.social/post/3kbprv5fk2n26My first op-Ed for @USATODAY on why sanctions need an overhaul https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2023/10/14/china-north-korea-sanctions-fail-us/71089246007/14 Oct 2023 14:26 +0000at://did:plc:rdx3ff56dqbbrkgvsbvgyb7i/app.bsky.feed.post/3kbprv5fk2n26