In a recent guest essay for The New York Times, Ms. Yintai Lung, a writer and former minister of culture in Taiwan, suggested that recent events in Ukraine have caused many in Taiwan – especially the youth – to favor surrender over resistance in the event of a Chinese invasion.Continue Reading
As the U.S. and Taiwan deepen their security cooperation, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have become a critical frontier for integrated deterrence. In today’s Indo-Pacific security environment, where deterrence hinges on distributed capabilities and resilient supply chains, Taiwan is redefining its defense strategy through UAVs, commonly called drones. Far from beingContinue Reading
Andrew Marshall, the visionary founder of the now-disbanded Office of Net Assessment (ONA) in the Pentagon, once remarked, “The purpose of net assessment is to look at the big picture and to assess the long-term competition between states.” He believed that the essence of net assessment is to compare bothContinue Reading
BEIJING: China’s military on Wednesday (Apr 2) launched military exercises code-named “Strait Thunder-2025A” in the middle and southern areas of the Taiwan Strait, continuing drills begun the previous day. The exercises follow a rise in Chinese rhetoric against Taiwan President Lai Ching-te, who China called a “parasite” on Tuesday, andContinue Reading
Chinese Douyin influencer “Yaya in Taiwan,” whose real name is Liu Zhen-ya, left Taiwan on March 25 after a deportation order. Although Liu had previously stated that she would refuse to leave after having her residency permit invalidated by the National Immigration Agency (NIA), Liu ultimately left before the deportationContinue Reading
