Ian Easton On Taiwan: Revisiting America’s security strategy for TaiwanThe United States may soon find it somewhere between difficult and near impossible to maintain a sufficiently favorable balance of power against the People’s Republic of China in the Western Pacific. Taiwan ranks among the top ten democratic countries in the world and deserves to be treated with respect and dignity. Since 1979, the most tangible manifestation of Taiwan’s international political legitimacy has been American arms sales. Multiple administrations (including that of President Joe Biden) have bought into the false narrative that frequent, high-quality arms sales are too provocative to Beijing. It would be unwise for the US-Taiwan military and security relationship to continue being so heavily dependent upon arms sales alone.

Source: Taipei Times September 26, 2022 04:12 UTC