Hafez Goel, senior researcher at the Institute for Foreign Policy at Johns Hopkins University, suggested that there will be understandings between the White House and the Speaker of the House of Representatives regarding her visit to Taiwan, and that the White House wants to pressure China to change its position in support of Russia in its war on Ukraine.

In the opinion of the guest of an episode of "From Washington" episode (4/8-2022), the United States of America believes that China poses a strategic threat to it, unlike Russia, which is less dangerous.

He described China as a natural global power even without resorting to military force, and no country in the world - including the United States - can ignore this power.

While noting that European and Western countries fear that China will pursue the same Russian policy in Ukraine, Goel explained that it is not logical for US President Joe Biden to talk about a democratic camp and another authoritarian, because the United States has lost its credibility on the issue of democracy, knowing that Pelosi announced that The purpose of her visit to Taiwan is to support democracy on the island.

Goel called on the world to rethink China because it is a force that cannot be provoked, and that Washington will not gain anything from that, indicating that Pelosi's visit to Taiwan sees China as a provocation to it, especially since it is consistent in its foreign policy that it does not give up its sovereignty, and Taiwan is part of it. It is inseparable from it, and Washington will not change this matter, no matter what it does.

As for the director of research at the Arab Center in Washington, Imad Harb, he referred to the issue of the international conditions the world is going through, and China's sense that the US focus is on it.

He described Beijing's reaction to Pelosi's visit to Taiwan as exaggerated, saying that the visit may not have been well studied politically and strategically, but it came at an election season for Democrats.

Harb spoke of an Eastern world and a Western world that share common denominators, and each is trying to strengthen its position around the world. It is natural for Biden to ally and cooperate with the Europeans, and it is natural for Russia to cooperate with Iran and China, and said that this cooperation and alliance leads to increasing division and exacerbating tension in the world. .

For his part, Larry Corp, a senior researcher at the Center for American Progress, indicated that the White House could not prevent Pelosi from visiting Taiwan, because it represents an independent authority in the United States, and that the problem between Washington and Beijing accumulated due to President Biden's statements about China.

And it is likely that things will not develop between Washington and Beijing, because the latter will not go far because its economy is not growing as it was in the past.

Chinese position

In turn, Ding Long, a professor of political science at Shanghai University, stressed that Taiwan is a red line for China, which is a sensitive topic in Sino-US relations.

Ding said that Beijing's strong stance and rejection of what he called the provocations of the Americans is normal for a large country the size of China, and it does not allow any outside power to use Taiwan as a card to pressure it.

He stressed that China will take all necessary measures to protect its territory and sovereignty at all costs, and that the military exercises - which are taking place now - are evidence of Beijing's confidence and determination to recover Taiwan, and the United States and Western powers should realize this, according to the Chinese guest.