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Michael Mazza

@michaelmazza.bsky.social
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The Project2049 Institute. The Global Taiwan Institute | Former AEI | China. Taiwan. Japan. Korea. SE Asia. Dog dad. People dad, too. Spy balloon appreciator.

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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Don’t like the end of the arms control era? Thank China.
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iips.bsky.social @iips.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
@iips.bsky.social Senior Director @michaelmazza.bsky.social analyzes China’s perspective on the Maduro operation, arguing that “In general, China’s approach suggests that it didn’t care much about ‘losing’ Venezuela.” More on @thebulwark.com 📖: ow.ly/cn6550XTCxX
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
We are still living with World War II's aftermath in the Indo-Pacific. This collection explores the war's enduring impact on the region. Read more below 👇
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iips.bsky.social @iips.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
@iips.bsky.social Senior Director @michaelmazza.bsky.social on the Philippines' role in global approaches to Taiwan. “[Countries] have embraced an indirect approach to deterring Beijing. The Philippines is emerging as the center of gravity for these efforts.” More 📖: ow.ly/2TiR50X9Xhk
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iips.bsky.social @iips.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
@iips.bsky.social Senior Director @michaelmazza.bsky.social spoke on the recognitions of Palestine's statehood at the UNGA, arguing that Taiwan has a better case for statehood, and that politicians are pursuing "inflated ambition[s] to bring peace to the Middle East." More📚: ow.ly/QPB750X2t3K
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
"Overall, China's air route machinations are part and parcel of a broader effort to pressure, envelop, and complicate the defense of Taiwan," Mazza said. focustaiwan.tw/politics/202...
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U.S. urges dialogue to resolve Taiwan-China flight route disputes - Focus Taiwan
The U.S. State Department has urged China and Taiwan to enter into dialogue to resolve flight route disputes across the Taiwan Strait after Beijing announced its unilateral decision to launch the W121...
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
“Middle powers and smaller countries that have aligned with China now know what that alignment is worth: not much, not when American national security is at stake.“
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
NEW | “China, a great power? More like a great bystander.” My latest for the Taipei Times : www.taipeitimes.com/News/editori...
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Michael Mazza On Taiwan: Bombing Iran was good for Asia - Taipei Times
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Great @iips.bsky.social event tomorrow with @gotoindopacific.bsky.social!
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iips.bsky.social @iips.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Day 1 – Our Mission 🚀 From safeguarding against authoritarian tactics, to promoting the U.S. and its allies as leaders of an order anchored in human rights, sovereignty, and peace, @iips.bsky.social is dedicated to shaping strategy needed to win the global competition with China.
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
For its inaugural event, @iips.bsky.social is hosting an *unprecedented* gathering of every former top Asia policymaker for the @DeptofDefense under presidents from George W. Bush to Joe Biden. See below for details and to RSVP!
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Today’s the day!
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
I’m comfortable with this as long as Pete Hegseth makes Musk double pinky promise not to use the information for business advantage or share it with his BFFs in the CCP.
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Need? Zero.
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
(1/2) To be clear, the “peace” Vance & Co. want is one in which: • Russia gets to continue abusing the human rights of the Ukrainians in territory it controls; • Russia can restart the war at a time and place of its choosing;
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
I, too, am for Ukrainian expansion.
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Look, man, I appreciate all the new year messages, but I’m gonna need you all to stop filling my inbox and texts with snakes.
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Standard US language
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
“I don’t really care if I’m dating a Soviet spy at all,” said Ms. Lee. “He helps me to escape reality. And if he’s making me feel good, I’m here for it.”
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Unbelievable. The time for major foreign policy speeches was the in the spring of 2022.
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Do you think Brian Thompson’s kids interpret and feel and experience this sentiment as an act of violence?
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
If the NBA was standing by its purported values, it would not be seeking to return to the China market.
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
"I declare martial law to…protect free constitutional order." Ok, then.
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Since 1972, America’s China policy has been one in which it sacrifices its principles over and over again—even when it comes to ecological conservation. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/w...
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U.S. Zoos Gave a Fortune to Protect Pandas. That’s Not How China Spent It.
A Times investigation found that zoos knew conservation money went toward apartment buildings and roads. But they wanted to keep displaying pandas, so nobody looked too closely.
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Arguably, this isn’t a fundamental break from past behavior. Chinese ships have been “accidentally” cutting cables around Taiwan for quite some time.
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
In which the Biden administration sacrifices the safety of American citizens on the altar of making nice with China
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Benjamin Tallis @bctallis.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Major disruption in Denmark - largest telco net out - railway out Causes unclear …
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
NEW | "The biggest question pertaining to the next Trump presidency is what, if anything, he wants from China." My latest for the Global Taiwan Institute.
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A Threat Made Manifest: Trump, Taiwan, and the Davidson Window | Global Taiwan Institute
Meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow in March 2023, Xi Jinping (習近平) told him that “Right now there are changes—the likes of which we haven’t seen for 100 years—and we are the ones driving these chan...
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Is this what they mean by projection?
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
I’m sorry, you simply cannot convince me that this isn’t a Weekend at Bernie’s situation.
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
“Why do I need pants? Pants are ridiculous.” -My 7yo, reminding me his future is sure to be bright
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
I’m sure North Korea is strictly limiting the use of these systems to Russia’s own territory 🙄
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Melissa Chan @melissakchan.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
👋🏼 Hi all. I’m a Berlin-based journalist reporting on the rise of global authoritarianism and the defense of democracies. I’ve reported from Beijing, Moscow, Havana — even Pyongyang! Give me a RT and follow if you’re interested in these topics! 🌎🌍🌏
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
"For the Chinese leader, 'disorder and chaos' is precisely the point. When the smoke clears, Xi believes he will sit atop the wreckage—a new hegemon poised to reshape a destroyed world to his liking." I write today about China’s global malfeasance. Read it here: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-china-...
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The China Threat Extends Far Beyond Asia
A narrow focus on the Indo-Pacific misunderstands the CCP’s aspirations.
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Why does this always happen to penguins? Why doesn’t it ever happen to me? www.nbcnews.com/news/world/e...
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Emperor penguin found 2,000 miles from home on Australian tourist beach
The penguin, the first of its species to be found in Australia, appeared to be malnourished and is now being cared for by a wildlife caretaker, a government department said.
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
“America is now in a cold war with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and the global economy is ground zero.” NEW REPORT from the China Economic & Strategy Initiative team at the Project 2049 Institute. Read it here 👇 cesionline.org/2024/11/12/d...
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[FULL REPORT] Defeating the CCP: A Running Start
Executive Summary America is now in a cold war with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and the global economy is ground zero. The president must lead […]
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
Kamala Harris raised $1 billion and spent even more.
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 01/11/2024
It is both hilarious and fitting that this is the home of the Sanya Initiative.
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 31/10/2024
America’s One Neat Trick for dealing with North Korean bad behavior is to go into full supplicant mode.
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 28/10/2024
The PRC quietly disappeared a Vietnamese fishing boat and its entire crew this past June. One of many eye-opening nuggets in this @nytimes.com report from ⁦‪Damien Cave: www.nytimes.com/2024/10/28/w...
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Bullied by China at Sea, With the Broken Bones to Prove It
A violent attack on a Vietnamese fishing boat tests Hanoi’s muted but resolute approach to China’s aggression in the South China Sea.
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 23/10/2024
The (star trek themed) vibe i bring to the party
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 20/10/2024
Oh baby
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 20/10/2024
In which an arm of the U.S. government willingly agrees to PRC-imposed speech restrictions.
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 16/10/2024
Can we please put this line of analysis to bed? Chinese Coast Guard vessels were just in the Bering Sea—nobody argues that would bolster a Chinese claim to sovereignty in the Arctic.
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 14/10/2024
For the PRC, anything short of total submission is an “incomplete homework assignment.”
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 12/10/2024
“Peng Shuai? Never heard of her.” -the WTA, probably
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 12/10/2024
Yet more evidence that China is an expansionist power—one that seeks not only to expand its borders but to extend its assault on basic freedoms to areas not yet under its direct control.
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China’s ‘New Great Wall’ Casts a Shadow on Nepal
Nepalis have complained that China’s breaches of the border threaten their land and their way of life.
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 12/10/2024
I feel this deeply.
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 08/10/2024
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: This all ends in coercive pro-natalism.
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Michael Mazza @michaelmazza.bsky.social · 02/10/2024
www.taipeitimes.com/News/editori...
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Michael Mazza on Taiwan: When war comes, don’t fight on China’s terms - Taipei Times
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
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