Taiwan’s decision to extend compulsory military service from four months to one year, effective Jan. 1, 2024, has energized an existing debate over
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Interview With Ben Goren: Supporting Taiwan From the Left
Ben Goren is the co-founder and director of communications at the Taiwan Policy Centre, a non-partisan group set up to promote Taiwan in the U.K. His
AI Chatbots Could Be an ‘Immanent, Existential Threat’ to Taiwan
Online discussion around what the emergence of AI chatbots means for Taiwan has so far tended to focus on the details of what they are unintentionally
New Marines Base on Guam Increases Need for Better Missile Defense
The U.S. recently opened a new Marine Corps base on Guam that will eventually house 5,000 Marines and be a hub for quick-reaction forces in the
Our Q&A With ChatGPT About Taiwan Raised Issues
After years of Wikipedia and Google search results operating as battlegrounds for how Taiwan should be described, a new site of potential contestation
Taiwan Invasion Plan Complicated by Philippines-U.S. Deal
If U.S. Marine Littoral Regiments were to be deployed on the Philippines’ northern islands, they could use their potent missile systems in tandem with
Taiwan’s Missile Production Reaches Top Gear
In order to deter China from invading Taiwan, the island nation is investing billions of dollars to develop and build a range of sophisticated
US Marines’ Controversial New Ship-Killer System
The Marine Corps’ new littoral regiments will be equipped with robot trucks carrying potent anti-ship missiles, but critics say the missiles won’t
Cheap Giant Would Solve U.S. Marine Corps’ Transport Crisis
The Pentagon has awarded contracts to develop two types of heavy-lift planes that would use a phenomenon called “ground effect” to carry 100 tons of
Meet the Man Tasked With Laying the Groundwork for Taiwan ‘Unification’
Last week, Nikkei Asia reported that Wang Huning (王滬寧), a high-ranking member of China’s Politburo Standing Committee, has been given the “mission is
An Interview With a Taiwanese Conscript (Part One: Who’s The Enemy?)
Taiwan’s decision to extend compulsory military service from four months to one year, effective Jan. 1, 2024, has energized an existing debate over
Floating Sea Bases to Become Motherships for Robot Subs
The U.S. Navy is looking at engineering plans to turn its floating sea bases into platforms for launching and recovering huge underwater drones and