Taiwan wants to buy a bunch of air defense systems from the U.S., but President Donald Trump doesn’t seem so keen. Maybe that’s not so bad. When
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From Peacetime Sovereignty Assertion to Wartime Sea Denial: Taiwan Must Continue Building a ‘Spear and Shield’ Navy
A tactically appealing argument has been proposed recently that Taiwan should abandon its surface combatant tonnage race with the People’s Liberation
Five Takeaways From Our Investigation Into Arms Procurement in Taiwan
In a lengthy investigative report published on Wednesday, Domino Theory revealed how Taiwan spent four years trying to acquire a counter-drone system
Investigation: How Taiwan Botched a Plan to Counter Chinese Drones
In August 2022, drones appeared in the skies above Kinmen, a Taiwanese island just off China’s coast. They were off-the-shelf, consumer drones,
U.S. Lawmaker Urges Taiwan’s KMT to Follow Through on Drone Funding
The chairman of a U.S. House committee focused on strategic competition with China urged Taiwan’s main opposition Chinese Nationalist Party, or KMT,
Taiwan Government Asks for More Money for Drones, Again
Taiwan’s government has formally proposed spending an extra 145.7 billion New Taiwan dollars ($4.6 billion) on defense in 2027, on top of the NTD
New Law Prepares Chinese Society for Wartime Crisis
China has passed a series of amendments to its National Defense Mobilization Law, bringing more clarity to how the country would enlist the help of
China’s Military Purge Shows No Sign of Stopping
Two of China’s most senior military officials have been removed from the country’s top military body, as well as its Communist Party-controlled
Digging Deeper Into Taiwan’s Defense Budget
Last week, when Taiwan’s government announced the 2027 defense budget, the headline was an 18% increase in spending. That will bring Taiwan’s
Taiwan’s Legislature Approves $7.6 Billion Over Six Years in New Drone Funding
Taiwan’s opposition-led legislature approved 240 billion New Taiwan dollars ($7.6 billion) over six years in government funding for the country’s
Taiwan’s Difficult Defense Numbers
Taiwan has a problem: Its economy is growing too fast. Defense spending can’t keep up. One year ago today, Taiwanese Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰)
China’s Naval Exercise With Indonesia Took Place in Taiwan’s Exclusive Economic Zone
China and Indonesia have confirmed the conclusion of a naval exercise in Taiwan’s exclusive economic zone, which Taipei condemned as trying to “create