August 27, 2026

Whither the Taiwan Sanctions Coalition? with James Crabtree

James Crabtree joins the podcast to discuss the new CNAS report he co-authored with Emily, Whither the Coalition? Assessing the Prospects of a Diverse Sanctions Coalition in Defense of Taiwan. Geoff, Emily, and James discuss the prospects of India, Singapore, and Germany joining the United States in a possible future Taiwan contingency scenario, including the political and economic constraints each country would weigh in making such a decision.

James Crabtree is an Adjunct Senior Fellow in the CNAS Energy, Economics, and Security Program and a London-based geopolitical analyst and author with extensive experience working in Asia.

Emily Kilcrease and James Crabtree, Whither the Coalition: Assessing the Prospects of a Diverse Sanctions Coalition in Defense of Taiwan, CNAS, August 18, 2026

Matthew Mingey, Laura Gormley, and Logan Wright, Avoiding entanglement: G20 responses in a Taiwan crisis, The Atlantic Council and The Rhodium Group, November 12, 2024

Howard Shatz et al., Economic Deterrence in a China Contingency, RAND, November 6, 2025

James Crabtree, The Billionaire Raj: A Journey Through India’s New Gilded Age

James Crabtree, The Perimeter: America's Struggle for Primacy in the Pacific

Sadanand Dhume,The Unpredictable Rise and Uncertain Future of Modern India