Look. Last time President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) met, Domino Theory covered the immediate aftermath of the summit and
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A Patriotic Air Defense System for Taiwan?
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
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
How Xi Feeds Trump Talking Points on Taiwan
Before Donald Trump became president, he criticized America’s “one China” policy, telling Fox News in a November 2016 interview: “I don’t know why we
Trump-Xi Summit Unlikely to Yield Taiwan Agreement, Former U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor Says
Former U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Matt Pottinger said on Saturday that he does not expect the upcoming meeting between President Donald
The U.S. Couldn’t Save Taiwan Even If It Wanted To, Palmer Luckey Says
Anduril chief executive Palmer Luckey is proud to be sanctioned by China for selling weapons to “separatist terrorists” in Taiwan. “I wear it as a
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
Taiwan’s Difficult Diplomatic Summer
Taiwan had a fairly torrid summer in terms of Chinese gray zone pressure, with continued military activity around the island, and new and increased
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’s Vice President Makes Surprise Trip to Italy
Taiwanese Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) is in Italy attending a democracy forum. Vice-presidential trips to countries without diplomatic ties
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