Danny and Derek are joined by James Lin, assistant professor of international studies at the University of Washington, to discuss Joe Biden’s “gaffe” about U.S. policy toward Taiwan.
This was an interesting interview, but I'm slightly confused. My understanding of strategic ambiguity would be, for example, having the president say one thing and then having people around him appear to run around rolling it back or calling it a gaff. And then just keep doing that whenever it comes up. That way people don't know what the official strategy is.
That appears to be what they are doing, so strategic ambiguity is their strategy, not strategic clarity. This conversation seems to suggest that strategic ambiguity is a good strategy but doesn't seem to say that what Biden is doing is pursuing that strategy, as evidenced by his actions.
This was an interesting interview, but I'm slightly confused. My understanding of strategic ambiguity would be, for example, having the president say one thing and then having people around him appear to run around rolling it back or calling it a gaff. And then just keep doing that whenever it comes up. That way people don't know what the official strategy is.
That appears to be what they are doing, so strategic ambiguity is their strategy, not strategic clarity. This conversation seems to suggest that strategic ambiguity is a good strategy but doesn't seem to say that what Biden is doing is pursuing that strategy, as evidenced by his actions.