Intelligent China Policy: An Interview with Paul Heer

This former National Intelligence Officer is speaking out about Sino-US rivalry and the prospects of war over Taiwan. Is Washington listening?

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Chances are, if you’re a China watcher, you already know Paul Heer, a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and a veteran of 30 years as an analyst of East Asian affairs at the Central Intelligence Agency, including as National Intelligence Officer for East Asia in the Office of the Direc…