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China and Taiwan’s “National Question”: The Battle Over Cross-Strait Unity

What is complicating the Taiwan issue is not just the shifting military balance or the increasing US-China competition, but the growing divergence in the...

Japan’s Two-Track China Strategy Is a Model for US Allies

Japan's simultaneous pursuit of hard Taiwan deterrence and quiet parliamentary diplomacy with Beijing is not policy confusion — it is a deliberate, low-cost dual-track...

Taiwan Firms Plan $20 Billion More US Investment as AI Demand Surges

Taiwanese companies are planning an additional $20 billion in investment in the United States, driven largely by strong demand for artificial intelligence and semiconductor...

America Asked Allies to Do More. They Are Also Preparing for a Less Predictable Washington

Taiwan has proposed an 18% increase in its defense budget for 2027, pushing military spending above 3% of GDP as Chinese military and political...

US Allies and the Taiwan Strait – Book Review

Adam P. Liff’s book is a concise yet conceptually rich contribution to the study of the Taiwan Strait. It argues that the US allies...

Taiwan President Pushes $6.6 Billion Military Drone Bill Ahead of Crucial Vote

Lai Calls for Urgent Expansion of Taiwan's Drone Capabilities Taiwan must demonstrate its resolve to defend itself and pass a six-year, T$210 billion ($6.6 billion)...

Is China Testing Taiwan’s Defences With a Research Ship Near Its Waters?

Taiwan Warns Chinese Vessel to Leave Sensitive Waters Taiwan's coast guard said on Friday it had warned off and shadowed a Chinese research vessel operating...

How Could China’s New South China Sea Base Affect Taiwan?

China has completed the first phase of construction at Antelope Reef in the disputed Paracel Islands, creating a large artificial island that analysts say...

Taiwan Raises Defence Spending Above $31 Billion as China Pressure Grows

Taiwan is set to increase defence spending by 16% next year, taking its proposed military budget above T$1 trillion ($31.40 billion) for the first...

China and Russia Are Pressuring Japan on Two Fronts. Is a Pacific Pincer Taking Shape?

Putin's Kuril landing is not a bilateral Russia-Japan sovereignty dispute. It is the northern half of a coordinated Sino-Russian pressure campaign on Tokyo —...

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