Stable US-China ties? It won’t last long, Evan Medeiros says

Open Questions series ChinaDiplomacy ExclusiveStable US-China ties? It won’t last long, Evan Medeiros says After Trump’s China trip, political scientist gives his assessment on Taiwan, trade leverage, the Iran war and Beijing’s tensions with Tokyo Josephine Ma Published: 6:00am, 25 May 2026Updated: 7:53am, 25 May 2026 Dr Evan Medeiros is the Penner family chair in Asia studies and the Cling family distinguished fellow in US-China studies at Georgetown University. He has served as the National Security Council’s director for China, Taiwan and Mongolia, and later as special assistant to the president and senior director for Asia. Medeiros was former president Barack Obama’s top adviser on the Asia-Pacific and was previously a policy adviser to Hank Paulson when he was Treasury secretary. He has also held senior positions at Eurasia Group and the RAND Corporation. Select Voice Select Speed 0.8x 0.9x1.0x 1.1x 1.2x 1.5x 1.75x 00:0000:00 1.00x