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Susan Thornton on US-China ties, post-midterms and averting a new balloon crisis

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Susan Thornton is a former American diplomat who for decades worked on US policy in Eurasia in the State Department before becoming acting assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs during the first Trump presidency. She is the director of the Forum on Asia-Pacific Security at the…
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Susan Thornton on US-China ties, post-midterms and averting a new balloon crisis
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