Written by Gerrit van der Wees. The press and think tanks, on their part, need to reassess their understanding of "strategic ambiguity": they need to come to a clearer understanding of its origins – as reiterated in the quotes from former NSC Director Robert Suettinger's book – and arrive at the unavoidable conclusion that it does not equate policy. Rather, it is, at best, a mode of operation determining how to calibrate a response. As described above, the policy itself on how to (help) defend Taiwan is laid down clearly in the Taiwan Relations Act.
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