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Taiwan Kicks Off New Round of Drone Funding Fights

When Taiwan’s opposition-led legislature passed a reduced version of the government’s special defense spending package last month, it omitted funding

The Taiwanese navy stood up its new Littoral Combat Command on Wednesday, to almost no fanfare. The Littoral Combat Command brings together the

Taiwan’s drone industry has been experiencing an export-driven surge lately, driven in part by the promise that it can provide an alternative for

Taiwanese society is heavily divided on one of its hottest political topics: increasing defense spending. New public opinion polling by the

U.S. defense industry figures discussed the current state of play in Taiwan’s external military purchases yesterday, as Taiwan continues to reckon

“This is not called peace, this is called surrender!” political leaders and activists shouted in central Taipei’s bustling shopping district on May

Taiwan’s opposition parties passed a special defense budget on Friday. Initial reactions were predictably polarized. But now that the dust has

Taiwan’s opposition-dominated legislature on Friday approved a special defense budget worth 780 billion New Taiwan dollars ($24.8 billion), rejecting

Taiwan can take some confidence from lessons from Ukraine and Iran, former Deputy National Security Advisor Matt Pottinger said in Taipei on

Taiwan’s opposition parties on Friday jointly proposed a $780 billion New Taiwan dollar ($24.8 billion) defense procurement bill that competes with

Taiwan’s legislature emerged from its fourth round of cross-party defense budget negotiations on Wednesday without any substantive progress toward a

Iran’s experience fighting against a great power offers lessons for Taiwan, but they won’t be easy to learn. Much of the analysis of what Taiwan