What the 2026 Midterm Results Mean for U.S. Strategic Competition with Rivals
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Dean ChenDean Chen is professor of political science at Ramapo College of New Jersey. He is a former Fulbrignt U.S. Scholar and the author of U.S.-China Rivalry and Taiwan’s Mainland Policy: Security, Nationalism, and the 1992 Consensus (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017) and U.S.-China-Taiwan in the Age of Trump and Biden: Towards a Nationalist Strategy (Routledge, 2022).
Dan WhiteDan White is an independent foreign policy analyst based in the New York Metro Area. Dan is a former member of The Wilson Center and The Kennan Institute, a former Army Officer, and a veteran of the War in Afghanistan. Dan maintains a newsletter, OPFOR Journal, which analyzes strategic competitions with Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea.
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