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200 Marines arrived in Los Angeles on Friday to protect federal property and personnel amid demonstrations. CBS News ...
TAIPEI—Taiwan’s leaders have embarked on an urgent overhaul of the island’s defenses to prepare for what they see as the possibility of a Chinese invasion by 2027. The purpose: be able to ...
Earlier this summer, in June 2025, President Lai Ching-te delivered the first of his “Ten Lectures on National Unity,” their ...
Ukraine’s civil society was well-prepared, psychologically and practically, for Russia’s invasion. Taiwan’s is not.
The ROC military’s annual exercise is changing to reflect the PLA’s evolving tactics. There is no longer a clear distinction between the frontlines and rear areas in a Taiwan Strait conflict.
Former UK prime minister Boris Johnson recently visited Taiwan, becoming the third British ex-PM to do so after Margaret ...
In a recent essay, “How Taiwan Lost Trump,” a former adviser to US President Donald Trump, Christian Whiton, accuses Taiwan of diplomatic incompetence — claiming Taipei failed to reach out to Trump, ...
Outcome exposes public fatigue with ruling DPP and leader William Lai’s anti-Beijing rhetoric as a blanket strategy, analysts ...
Energy is the weakest element in Taiwan’s resilience against coercion,” warns a report by the U.S.-based Center for Strategic ...
John J. Tkacik, Jr. is a retired US foreign service officer who has served in Taipei and Beijing and is now director of the Future Asia Project at the International Assessment and Strategy Center. He ...
The forthcoming National Defense Strategy should also consider other avenues for messaging to undermine China’s confidence in strategic deterrence. Large-scale military exercises that showcase ...
Regarding Michael Sobolik’s op-ed “A Strategy to Protect Taiwan From China” (April 10): The nature of China’s coercion isn’t episodic but continuous. Military exercises represent only ...