America’s Asian Alliances Will Survive Trump
It is not easy being a U.S. ally these days—particularly in Europe but also on the front lines of strategic competition in Asia. Like passengers traveling into outer space with ...
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Hegseth Asks Indo-Pacific Allies to Step Up Defense Spending in Light of Strategic China Threats
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned at a national security conference in Singapore on Saturday that China remains an active strategic threat and urged allies to spend more on their ...
Republican Lawmakers Challenge Hotel Chains for Labeling Taiwan as Part of China
House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party chair Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) wrote to the CEOs of hotel chains Hilton, Marriott, and Hyatt on ...
Taiwan Is Getting Serious About Self-Defense
The Taiwan Strait may be the most likely candidate for the place that sets off World War III. Until recently, however, Taiwan was not acting like a country facing a ...
The Pentagon Fixates on War Over Taiwan
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief. The highlights this week: The U.S. military prioritizes deterring a conflict over Taiwan, the Kremlin confirms Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Russia, and Beijing ...
Trump Should Rein In Taiwan
U.S. President George W. Bush will never be known for his restraint on the world stage, but when Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian sought to move the island closer toward independence ...
Taiwan Scrambles Ships and Planes after China Begins Live-Fire Drill Without Warning
Taiwan’s Defense Ministry scrambled land, air, and sea forces on Wednesday after Chinese ships launched a live-fire exercise near the Taiwanese coast without warning. “This move not only poses a ...
Taiwan Condemns Chinese ‘Live-Fire’ Drills as Dangerous Provocation
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Chinese military exercises near Taiwan, U.S. diplomatic efforts with Russia and Ukraine, and Israeli demands for the release of Hamas-held hostages. ...
Taiwan Bans Academic Exchanges with Three Chinese Universities over Security
Taiwanese Minister of Education Cheng Ying-yao announced on Thursday that the island’s universities will no longer be allowed to collaborate with three Chinese institutions because they are affiliated with the ...
Don’t Sleep on Taiwan’s Constitutional Crisis
In the final weeks of 2024, Taiwan’s parliament once again turned into a pugilistic arena, as ruling-party lawmakers brawled with their opposition counterparts over barricades of furniture at the chamber ...
