On July 24, Taiwan's National Security Council Secretary-General Joseph Wu publicly warned that China's People's Liberation Army had conducted simultaneous live-fire exercises acro......
On July 20, a Philippine vessel clashed with Chinese coast guard forces near Second Thomas Shoal — the same day the ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting opened in Manila, and US Secret......
When France's outgoing representative to Taiwan, Franck Paris (龍燁), took the podium at the Bastille Day reception in Taipei on July 14, 2026, the guest list around him told a story......
When the American Institute in Taiwan posted a photograph on July 28 showing US and Taiwan coast guard vessels sailing in formation, supporters of the ruling Democratic Progressive......
Taiwan's military deployed ground forces to Orchid Island for the first time in nearly 30 years during a joint defense exercise that concluded on July 17, marking a significant rea......
The Magong Huxi Route— Part 1 of a three-part series on Penghu's car-free sightseeing buses — traces the eastern shoreline from a tidal land bridge that parts the sea each day, thr......
The Magong Pengnan Line — Part 3 of a three-part series on Penghu's car-free sightseeing buses — follows the southern coastline from a sea cave that thunders with every wave, acro......
Taiwan's annual Han Kuang military exercise this year included, for the first time, a simulated internet disruption — throttling mobile data speeds across counties in the north and......
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense has quietly elevated drone planning to the Vice Chief of the General Staff level, establishing an internal task force to coordinate the island......
Taiwan is building a "next-generation ground combat wireless network" designed to keep military commanders connected to troops — and to police, firefighters, and hospitals — even i......
China has been systematically incorporating large civilian vessels — roll-on/roll-off ferries, bulk freighters, and hospital ships — into contingency planning for a potential milit......
In late April 2026, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te was scheduled to conduct a diplomatic visit to the Kingdom of Eswatini to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the coronation of Ki......
Taiwan last year recorded a total fertility rate of 0.695 — the lowest ever measured for any country in the world. No amount of cash incentives, childcare reform, or parental leave......
China's coast guard vessels are now patrolling waters far east of Taiwan — beyond even the "ten-dash line" Beijing drew on its own 2023 standard map — and analysts say the operatio......
As tensions across East Asia continue to rise, China's People's Liberation Army Navy fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile into the Pacific on July 6 — a test that breached ......
At 12:01 p.m. on July 6, a People's Liberation Army Navy nuclear-powered submarine fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile carrying a simulated warhead into the South Pacific ......
On June 27, Chinese and Russian air forces carried out their 11th Joint Air Strategic Patrol, sending more than 15 aircraft across the Sea of Japan, the East China Sea and the west......
Taiwan's Drone Billions Risk Becoming a Procurement Parade Without a Strategy
Money Without a Master Plan
During the Iran-U.S. conflict, Iranian drones shot down American Apache h......
Kuomintang(KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) came to New York prepared for a fight — and she got one.On the evening of June 8 (Eastern Time), Cheng appeared at the Asia Society's ......
Beijing's five-day enforcement operation inspected 198 vessels and mapped the seabed east of Taiwan — then state media declared the waters China's new "coastal sea."
China's mari......
Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force publicly revealed a previously undisclosed long-range hypersonic strike capability on June 7 during the country's largest annual live-fire exercis......
Experts from Ukraine, Japan, and the United States convened in Taipei to stress that Taiwan's near-total dependence on imported energy makes its power grid a primary strategic targ......
After years of setbacks spanning construction, launch, and sea trials, the vessel has gained momentum in recent months. A successful torpedo-firing exercise in early May gave defen......
On June 1, China's coast guard dispatched a two-vessel formation — the Baitashan (hull number 2304) and the Daishan (hull number 2502) — to conduct what Beijing described as "law e......
China sent no defense minister to Asia's most prominent annual security forum for the second consecutive year — yet managed to remain one of the most dominant presences at the even......
Taiwan's foreign ministry pushed back Tuesday against a bilateral maritime boundary deal taking shape between two of Washington's closest Asian allies, demanding consultation right......
Japan and the Philippines have announced the launch of formal negotiations to delimit their Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) and continental shelf boundaries — a move that has drawn ......
Taipei officials acknowledge Trump's remarks and thank Washington for its concern over cross-strait stability; the Presidential Office says more details will be released as develop......
When U.S. President Donald Trump said after his meeting with Xi Jinping that he did not want to see anyone "move toward independence," the remark drew immediate international atten......
The most consequential moment of Donald Trump's China visit did not happen in the room with Xi Jinping. During the roughly 30 hours Trump spent in Beijing, the Chinese leader warne......
When Apple quietly shifted a portion of its chip orders to Intel, the move was widely read as a sign of trouble for TSMC. Shih Jun-ji(施俊吉) sees it differently — as evidence that th......
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Beijing on Wednesday, sitting down for what is expected to be a wide-ranging and high-stakes dialogue on some of......
Taiwan's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs François Chihchung Wu (吳志中) addressed the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE) on May 6 in what officials c......
Former U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor Matt Pottinger has argued that Taiwan's defense posture is quietly shifting — and that recent conflicts involving major powers offer cr......
The ongoing debate over Taiwan's special defense procurement legislation has sharpened public scrutiny of specific weapons systems. Two acquisitions have drawn particular criticism......
A new survey showing that more than four million Taiwanese say they could accept "peaceful unification" with China has drawn sharp pushback from a leading political scientist, who ......
Taiwan's legislature has yet to reach consensus on a proposed eight-year, NT$1.25 trillion special defense appropriations bill—formally titled the Special Act for Strengthening D......
PLA Military Activity Around Taiwan: Patterns Behind the ExercisesTaiwan's Ministry of National Defense reported at 9:27 a.m. on May 4 that only two People's Liberation Army (PLA) ......
Could China's 'Containerized Destroyers' Rewrite the Rules of the Taiwan Strait?
The most consequential threat in a Taiwan Strait conflict may not be the carrier strike groups tha......
Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a strongly worded statement Wednesday condemning Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (王毅) for misrepresenting United Nations General Assemb......
The brief ceasefire that halted the U.S.-Israel-Iran war on April 8—after fighting that began on February 28, 2026—has left Taiwan's military with a set of uncomfortable conclusion......
A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) destroyer transited the Taiwan Strait on April 17 for the first time in roughly ten months, prompting an immediate diplomatic protest......
China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) has significantly intensified pressure on Taiwan, with Taiwan's National Security Bureau (NSB) warning that Beijing has organized a so-called......
For the first time in a decade, the leaders of the Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist Party are set to meet face to face. The world has changed dramatically since their last summ......
As the United States conducts military operations in the Middle East, a sharp disagreement has emerged within Washington's foreign policy establishment. Speculation over a potentia......
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS), a Washington-based think tank, last month recommended that Taiwan establish a four-layer "maritime hellscape" defense zone extending ......
As the United States and Iran trade mass drone strikes across the Strait of Hormuz, the logic of modern warfare is being rewritten in real time — and some analysts warn Taiwan has ......
Yusuke Anami (阿南友亮) is a professor at Tohoku University's Graduate School of Law, born in 1972, and holds a doctorate from Keio University's Graduate School of Law. His research fo......
The Strait of Hormuz is currently hotter than the Taiwan Strait. As Iran aggressively mines the vital waterway and chokes off oil tanker traffic, U.S. forces are massing in the P......
For twelve consecutive days beginning February 27, People's Liberation Army aircraft recorded no sorties over the Taiwan Strait's western approaches — an absence that prompted a wa......
