Derek Grossman is a senior defense analyst at the nonprofit, nonpartisan RAND Corp. He formerly served as an intelligence adviser at the Pentagon.
Cutting all diplomatic ties would free Taipei from a competition it cannot win

Tsai Ing-wen, pictured on Dec. 18: Chinese leaders despise Tsai because she has refused to endorse the 1992 consensus. © Reuters
Derek Grossman is a senior defense analyst at the nonprofit, nonpartisan RAND Corp. He formerly served as an intelligence adviser at the Pentagon.