After lawmakers stripped every unmanned systems line item out of Taiwan's NT$1.25 trillion special defense budget, the Executive Yuan came back with a separate NT$210 billion drone......
Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the recent US-Iran conflict, militaries around the world have rushed to build up their drone fleets, and Taiwan is no exception. Taiwan's Arm......
China's gray-zone coercion against Taiwan is not simply about wearing down the island's defenses, it is part of a broader push to shift the balance of power from land to sea, accor......
Speaking at the 2026 Taipei Security Dialogue on September 9, American Institute in Taiwan Director Raymond Greene told attendees that recent conflicts around the world show the ar......
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense has posted its first increase in budgeted volunteer troop numbers in three years, according to the fiscal year 2027 budget recently submitted ......
For years, the debate over Taiwan's defense budget has orbited a single, politically loaded question: does military spending crowd out social welfare? That framing is understandabl......
After months of failed negotiations and persistent deadlock over the total budget figure, Taiwan's Legislative Yuan on May 8 passed the Special Act for Safeguarding National Securi......
"Geopolitical shifts and international upheaval are interconnected. What matters most for Taiwan is reducing its own variables, holding steady — and military procurement and nation......
Taiwan — widely regarded as the world's top conflict flashpoint — has seen its defense budget remain stalled in the legislature, even as Japan, the Philippines, and other Indo-Pa......
