Evan A. Feigenbaum

1:🧵on America's misperception of Asian challenges and aspirations. In this deep dive into America's role in Asia, I pull the thread on several themes that have dominated my work for over a decade and concern me hugely as a strategist and former diplomat: pacificpolarity.substack.com/p/evan-feigenb…

Folks, told 'ya 48 hours ago. The wheels are now coming off. Please always listen to #Japanese trade and negotiating experts with years of experience in this field. Don't listen to the spinmeisters, carnival barkers, and Johnny Come Latelys to Tokyo. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

A singular focus on China isn’t helping the U.S. in Asia. To be relevant, says @EvanFeigenbaum, the U.S. “needs to speak to the goals and aspirations of Asian countries themselves.” More from Evan on Pacific Polarity with @real_jerseylee and @richgrayer: pacificpolarity.substack.com/p/evan-feigenb…

🎥 In a conversation with @MattooShashank, @EvanFeigenbaum of the Carnegie Endowment argues that Donald Trump's tariff policies have alienated Asian nations, including India, leaving the U.S. poorly positioned to counter China. He also cautions India against overreacting to…

“Deadlines” are a flexible concept these days. Just ask the Chinese trade negotiators.

Next up - abolishing doctors and the medical profession.

2. The most controversial KMT legislators, who have been vilified non-stop for the last six months, not only survived the recall, but won emphatically. I would expect them to come back with a vengeance before I expect them to now want to play ball with the DPP.

Update: Taiwanese voters appear to be rejecting *all* the recalls, in what looks to be the biggest electoral win for the KMT since 2018

“The Central Election Commission announced that all 24 recall votes against KMT legislators, as well as the recall vote against suspended Hsinchu Mayor Ann Kao (高虹安), have failed to pass.”

Early results of counting in Taiwan's recalls showed most of the 24 KMT legislators holding on to their seats. taiwannews.com.tw/news/6164778

I enjoyed doing this @htTweets podcast with @MattooShashank. We talk what the US gets right and wrong in Asia; collateral damage of trade and tech policies to US-India ties; India's wider role in Asia; and why not to overinterpret US-Pakistan contacts. youtube.com/watch?v=f_o1tC…

Nasty turn in an already nasty fight. And civilians are the ones hurt. So where is US diplomacy? Chinese pressure? ASEAN “centrality”? Mr. “I claim to have stopped India and Pakistan from fighting nuclear war with trade threats” has 36% tariffs on both parties but the US is MIA?

Two hours into the vote-counting process, most of the 24 legislators from #Taiwan's main opposition party, @kuomintang, look to be safe from the mass recall campaign against them, marking a surprising yet resounding electoral victory for the KMT.

China will spearhead the creation of an international organization to jointly develop AI, the country’s premier told the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on Saturday bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Being an expert on cancer is "woke" now ...

The Asahi Shimbun says PM Ishiba is digging his heels in and refusing to concede defeat against what it calls the 'old LDP', led by a faction loyal to his predecessor Shinzo Abe, "which was the epicenter of the faction's slush fund problem". asahi.com/articles/AST7T…

Various tactics to force Ishiba out of power emerge within the LDP japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/2…

"I think the U.S. already flunked the test," Evan Feigenbaum told Newsweek. "Because if the U.S. frame on Southeast Asia is that it's all about fighting the proxy fight with China for influence, the fact that the U.S. is now missing in action ... should tell you everything."

And then wrote the best post-Presidential memoir ever.

Guess who does have a consulate in Papeete: fmprc.gov.cn/eng/zwjg/zglsg…

Good to see @DeputySecState focused on the Pacific. Need more of this.