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Michael D. Swaine

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Michael D. Swaine

@Dalzell60

Expert on US-China/Asia related security topics; occasional comments on Trump Ex-RAND Corporation & Carnegie Endowment; Harvard PhD in Political Science

Washington, DC

linkedin.com/in/michael-swa…

Joined August 2011

Michael D. Swaine
@Dalzell60
Sep 1, 2025
Replying to @dwnews
This is truly a stunning declaration. Israel, established in response to genocide against Jewish people, is now committing genocide, with US complicity. The damage this is doing to the reputation of both countries is incalculable.
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Michael D. Swaine
@Dalzell60
Jul 11, 2023
Just to prove that there is literally no limit to the insane frenzy of some so-called expert commentators on China, there is this. Gordon has been spouting nonsense about China for years, but this makes you genuinely wonder about his mental health.
Fox News guest: Blood-drinking Chinese soldiers secretly invaded US for upcoming attack
From rawstory.com
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Michael D. Swaine
@Dalzell60
Oct 12, 2019
US Sen. Ted Cruz rips Beijing 'dictatorship' during Hong Kong visit cnn.com/2019/10/12/asi… Cruz visits Hong Kong to pour more fuel on the fire. Our politicians are unguided missiles.
US Sen. Ted Cruz rips Beijing ‘dictatorship’ during Hong Kong visit | CNN
From cnn.com
Michael D. Swaine
@Dalzell60
May 3, 2021
Replying to @teddyboylocsin
Just to be clear, you are the Foreign Secretary of the Philippine Government, correct? That usually means the chief diplomat. Your job is to defend your nation’s interests by using diplomacy, not the language of a school boy. This is embarrassing for you and your country.
Michael D. Swaine
@Dalzell60
Sep 3, 2025
Replying to @RpsAgainstTrump
A totally ridiculous argument. Who am I to tell you you should wear a seat belt, or take out insurance for your car and house, or drive on the right side of the road, or obey the speed limit, or not use illegal drugs, or not spit on the street, yell fire in a crowded theater or
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Michael D. Swaine
@Dalzell60
Jun 12, 2023
Yet another truly dangerous argument, this one based on a totally bizarre notion, that the US would attack China with nuclear weapons if BJ attacked Taiwan conventionally. Why would anyone believe the U.S. would trade US cities for Taiwan? Let’s get real.
Why Taiwan Should Be Included in the US Nuclear Umbrella
From thediplomat.com
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Michael D. Swaine
@Dalzell60
Dec 21, 2020
It is with enormous sadness that I convey the news that Ezra Vogel, stellar scholar of China and Japan, mentor, colleague,and friend passed away today in Mt. Auburn hospital in Cambridge. As with so many others, Ezra was a huge figure in my life from the time I was a graduate...
Michael D. Swaine
@Dalzell60
Jul 20, 2022
Pelosi visiting Taiwan is such a bad idea it’s hard to know where to begin in criticizing it. She is a senior member of the United States government. There is no upside to such a visit and only downsides. Biden shld oppose this but he dares not, eh?
China warns U.S. against House Speaker Pelosi visiting Taiwan
From reuters.com
Michael D. Swaine
@Dalzell60
Jun 7, 2020
What a sad, pathetic creature he is. Flailing around, obsessed with blaming China for everything, trying desperately to distract the public from our own self-induced problems. Really sad.
Acyn
@Acyn
Jun 7, 2020
Peter Navarro blames China for the arson and looting
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Michael D. Swaine
@Dalzell60
Dec 4, 2024
A generally awful documentary from Frontline: loaded with comments from Chinese dissidents, extremist former U.S. officials like Pottinger, McMaster, and Bolton, and Orville Schell as the supposed widely recognized “Dean” of China studies — hardly. 1/
China, the U.S. & the Rise of Xi Jinping | FRONTLINE | PBS | Official Site | Documentary Series
From pbs.org
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Michael D. Swaine
@Dalzell60
Jun 13, 2020
Pompeo is about the worst person to be doing this, next to Navarro. He has shown that he has zero understanding of China, and is mostly a polemicist. But he probably thinks that he has shown the Chinese how tough he is n can make demands. Good luck.
U.S.'s Pompeo to meet China's top diplomat in Hawaii seeking to ease tensions - media
From reuters.com
Michael D. Swaine
@Dalzell60
Jun 12, 2020
All one can say is that Steve Bannon suffers from some kind of mental illness. He links the death of George Floyd to China. W/out Trump, he would have remained on the extreme fringe w/ nutty persons like Alex Jones.
Bannon tells Asia Times: US election is all about China - Asia Times
From asiatimes.com
Michael D. Swaine
@Dalzell60
May 31, 2021
““China has incredible and ethical scientists, many of whom in the early stages of the pandemic came out to say that they suspected that this was a lab leak,” Pottinger said.” Really? Can anyone point me to a source that confirms this?
Former deputy national security advisor: ‘I think we can’ find COVID-19’s origin
From thehill.com
Michael D. Swaine
@Dalzell60
Apr 20, 2020
“...Washington has interfered in elections, sponsored coups, bombed nations, intervened in civil wars, invaded countries, supported dictators...funded killers, and endorsed repression....Imagine the...damages if everyone harmed by the U.S. sued Americans. theamericanconservative.com/articles/sue-b…