Who could shield Taiwan from China? A new answer is emerging.

By: Ely Ratner and Randall G. Schriver | Washington Post |

“A common refrain in Washington is that Taiwan is not taking its defense seriously — that it spends too little, moves too slowly and relies too heavily on others. That notion is even used to justify reductions in U.S. support for the island’s security.

As former assistant secretaries of defense for Indo-Pacific security affairs — for the Biden and first Trump administrations, respectively — we have each pressed Taipei to act with greater urgency. And we can now say with confidence that the received wisdom is increasingly outdated.”

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