Miles Yu

Miles Yu is the director of the China Center at the Hudson Institute and a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution. His Red Horizon column appears every other Tuesday in The Washington Times. He can be reached at mmilesyu@gmail.com.

Columns by Miles Yu

Trump as a constitutional originalist

President Trump is often portrayed as a disruption of the American political tradition -- an outsider who shattered long-standing norms. Yet that interpretation may miss the larger historical context. Published March 16, 2026

What Eileen Gu and Alysa Liu teach us about the meaning of success

As a parent of a teenager born and raised free in America, I watched the stories of athletes Eileen Liu and Alysa Liu unfold at the Winter Olympics with more than casual interest. Published March 2, 2026

Taiwan is not China’s Sudetenland

Beijing has tried for years to convince the world that Taiwan is its ultimate, sacred "core interest," the one issue that eclipses everything else. Published February 16, 2026

China not a competitor, but America’s top adversary

For years, Western commentary has defaulted to a comfortable phrase: China is our greatest competitor. Published February 2, 2026

China’s Arctic push threatens Greenland and North American defense

China's Arctic ambition is no longer a curiosity. Published January 19, 2026

China’s hemisphere strategy and Monroe Doctrine 2.0

The downfall of Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro serves as another powerful reminder: China's campaign for global dominance isn't confined to the Taiwan Strait or Indo-Pacific trade routes. Published January 5, 2026

China and the death of trust

Old habits die hard, especially among elites who mistake nostalgia for strategy. Published December 22, 2025

Taiwan’s future is not China’s internal affair; it is the world’s

Winston Churchill, one of the principal architects of the 1943 Cairo Declaration, understood something in 1955 that remains true today. Published December 8, 2025

To reframe Taiwan, Washington should heed Japan’s Takaichi

In recent remarks, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi articulated a position on Taiwan that diverges sharply and importantly from the prevailing global narrative surrounding cross-strait tensions. Published November 24, 2025

Communist China has never been a peace-loving country

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the Chinese Communist Party has projected an image of a "peace-loving" civilization wronged by imperialism and devoted to harmony. Published November 10, 2025

Why China’s ‘Taiwan Reunification’ shibboleth is a hoax

China's "reunification" slogan is a hoax sustained by fear, ideology and deception. Published October 27, 2025

China overplays its hand with rare earth ultimatum

Last week, Beijing made one of its most revealing strategic blunders in recent memory. Published October 13, 2025

China and the postwar order: The futility of coexistence

The belief that China could be coaxed into democratic capitalism was always an illusion. Published September 29, 2025

Beijing parade was a military showcase and a confession of vulnerabilities

On Sept. 3, China staged a massive military parade in Beijing designed to demonstrate the strength of the People's Liberation Army. Published September 15, 2025

Why China must be excluded from postwar Ukraine’s reconstruction and security guarantees

As Ukraine endures the bloodshed of Russia's brutal war of aggression, debates intensify over what a postwar settlement should look like. Published September 1, 2025

No use of force in U.S.-Taiwan policy

Sunday marked the 43rd anniversary of the Aug. 17, 1982, U.S.-China joint communique under the Reagan administration. Published August 18, 2025

The roots of red aggression: Understanding China’s belligerence toward Taiwan

By any measure of international affairs, few issues are as consequential or as misunderstood as the Chinese Communist Party's belligerence toward Taiwan. Published August 4, 2025

China’s World War II victory parade: A supreme fiction

On Sept. 3, the Chinese Communist Party will orchestrate a grand military parade in Tiananmen Square to commemorate victory over Japan in World War II. Published July 21, 2025

China’s dirty secret: Propping up Putin to protect its own tyranny

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, with a brazenness that defies decency, stood before Europe last week and all but confessed to China's true strategic calculus. Published July 7, 2025