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Securing the Taiwan Strait Will Require More Than Arms

An invasion of Taiwan would be a human tragedy and a strategic catastrophe America will not recover from

The ghosts of the Soviet-era Sino-Russian axis have come back to haunt American policymakers, who are kept awake by a terrifying prospect: simultaneously repelling Russia in Ukraine and China in Taiwan.

  • Darren Spinck  & Liam Gibson
  • The National Interest

Washington must prepare for such a two-front scenario with eyes wide open, should this nightmare become reality.

U.S. secretary of state Antony Blinken recently sounded the alarm when he stated China could seize Taiwan on a “much faster timeline.”

Despite strong bipartisan support to defend democracy in both Europe and Asia, the…

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