U.S. defense of Taiwan

The U.S. is making preparations for Ukraine-style military operations on Taiwan.

Insights from Peter Richardson. 

Insights from Mark Cancian.

Yes, Chinese leader Xi Jinping has ambitions for absorbing Taiwan. But so did all his predecessors. 

A Taiwan conflict in which the United States and its allies win the battles but lose the war would not be a historical first.

The important nuances of “strategic ambiguity” and other elements of U.S. policy are often lost in the headlines.

Can the international community see through the fog of its current crises and adequately prepare for an even bigger crisis further down the road?

The Biden team thinks its adjustments to Taiwan policy will prevent a miscalculation by Beijing. Unfortunately, that may itself be a miscalculation.

The Quad is supposed to help counterbalance China’s rise, but it remains unclear whether the bloc would intervene in the event of a Taiwan Strait conflict.

Xi might look at what has happened in Ukraine, and to the Russians, and think he’s got a reasonable shot at Taiwan.

If “China can unify Taiwan while eliminating U.S. interference. This is the best scenario for China... The surrounding countries cannot help Taiwan.”