--- title: Lyle Goldstein | TIME description: Lyle Goldstein is director of the Asia Program at Defense Priorities and the China Initiative at Brown University’s Watson School of International and Public Affairs. canonical: https://time.com/author/lyle-goldstein/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/lyle-goldstein/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Lyle Goldstein ## Lyle Goldstein Lyle Goldstein is director of the Asia Program at Defense Priorities and the China Initiative at Brown University’s Watson School of International and Public Affairs. ## Lyle Goldstein *  May 19, 2026 ### [How Trump and Xi Traded a New Cold War for a Cold Peace](https://time.com/article/2026/05/19/trump-xi-beijing-new-cold-war-cold-peace/) President Donald Trump changed the tone of the United States-China relationship from endless confron... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 23, 2025 ### [The U.S. Must Beware of Taiwan's Reckless Leader](https://time.com/7304818/us-china-taiwan-independence-lai/) William Lai is lurching the island toward formal independence, which could trigger a catastrophic U.... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 17, 2025 ### [It's Time for Trump and Xi to Meet](https://time.com/7285828/trump-xi-us-china-trade-meeting-detente/) The two should go beyond the tariff pause and strike a historic détente. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: {"\_\_typename":"Seo","meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection","edges":\[\]},"twitter\_card":null} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/lyle-goldstein/","name":"Lyle Goldstein"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/lyle-goldstein/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/lyle-goldstein/"},"name":"Lyle Goldstein","jobTitle":"Contributor","description":"Lyle Goldstein is director of the Asia Program at Defense Priorities and the China Initiative at Brown University’s Watson School of International and Public Affairs.","url":"https://time.com/author/lyle-goldstein/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```