House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's controversial Taiwan trip came amid increasingly harsh warnings of retaliations from Beijing and escalating US-China tensions. Nonresident Senior Fellow Paul Heer joins Deep Dish to argue the importance of engagement with China as a necessary component of US foreign policy. If we do not pursue it, he says, we are missing opportunities for a more peaceful coexistence between both countries and the world.  Reading List: The Next Taiwan Strait Crisis Has Arrived, Paul Heer, The National Interest, August 2, 2022  Engagement With China Has Not Failed, Paul Heer, The National Interest, July 14, 2022  Understanding U.S.-China Strategic Competition, Paul Heer, The National Interest, October 20, 2020