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Paul J. Smith

Professor of national security affairs, Naval War College

Paul J. Smith is professor of national security affairs, Naval War College, and author of the forthcoming book America’s China Gamble: Six Phases and Our Perilous Future (Edward Elgar Publishing).
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A lesson from 1958 could help deter China from taking Taiwan

After China began shelling a nearby island, a four-pronged U.S. response led to decades of cross-strait peace.