While the U.S. remains a “very important” strategic partner, the Beijing-claimed island “fully recognizes” the need to ...

United States President Joe Biden has approved $567m in new defence support for ... of Defense, and military education and training, to provide assistance to Taiwan”. It provided no further ...

Foreign policy experts worry a crisis over Taiwan could trigger a war between China and the United States. U.S. military support comes primarily through the sale of weapons systems but Washington ...

Taipei Office For decades, the United States has been the principal arms supplier to Taiwan, a self-governing democracy that ...

The increase in Taiwan’s military capabilities and willingness to defend itself makes it “much more likely” that the US would ...

A group of US lawmakers held a rare publicly disclosed meeting with Taiwan’s top defense official, a discussion that risks ...

In a volatile security environment, strategic ambiguity must be complemented with a touch of “tactical clarity.” ...

Washington’s disclosure that around 500 US military personnel are stationed in Taiwan signals more open and substantial defence support for the island – a pivot from a previously discreet partnership ...

While speaking at a conference in Singapore, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth swore that the U.S. would defend Taiwan should China attempt to “conquer” the island. Appearing at the Shangri-La ...

When did U.S. support start to change ... The U.S. also had to end a mutual defense treaty with Taiwan and withdraw its military personnel from the island. Not everyone agreed with the decision ...

ORIANA SKYLAR MASTRO is a Center Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University and a Nonresident Scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

The defense secretary said Asia is the administration’s priority region.