By:
Ghulam Ali
The United States’ cross-Strait policy is one of the most decisive factors shaping the strategies of both China and Taiwan. Current US President Donald Trump’s approach, widely seen as transactional and unpredictable on regional security and alliance management issues, has increased uncertainty regarding the Taiwan Strait. A closer look at Trump’s policies during his first year in office reflects several key trends: ranging from compounding strategic ambiguity to trade renegotiated in America’s favor. There is also a more activist 119th Congress— which, since taking its two-year term in January 2025, has introduced an unprecedented number of Taiwan-related bills.
By:
Bryce C. Barros
Taiwan faces near-daily threats from the rising number of incursions by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), including aircraft, vessels, and unmanned platforms. To strengthen deterrence and rapidly prototype and adopt emerging technologies and capabilities at scale, Taiwan cannot afford to base its defense innovation and dual-use technology efforts on American institutional models alone. In particular, Taiwan should not seek to establish an exact replica of the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) in the Ministry of National Defense’s (國防部, MND) new Defense Innovation Office (國防創新小組, DIO).
By:
Henry Large
Latin America is a critical region for Taiwan’s diplomacy. Seven of its 12 remaining diplomatic allies—Paraguay, Guatemala, Belize, Haiti, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Kitts and Nevis, and St. Lucia—are located in the Americas. During a time of growing Chinese aggression directed against the island, these countries host Taiwanese embassies and support Taiwan in multilateral organizations.
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