The standoff across the Taiwan Strait began during the Chinese Civil War, which pitted the fledgling Communists and the ruling Nationalist government. Originating in 1927, the civil war stretched into ...

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ASEAN’s relief capacity remains largely untested in man-made or geopolitical crises. Despite recent efforts to strengthen the ...

China is steadily building a “Pax Sinica” in the Indo-Pacific through its aggressive maritime expansion, economic leverage, and coercive actions — especially toward Taiwan — while the world remains ...

That constitutes an alarming development because during the decades of the Cold War, the island was the flashpoint that kept the issue of Taiwan’s sovereignty in international focus. The history is ...

Despite China’s 30-year propaganda campaign that peace would be ensured if cross-strait disputes were settled internally, Beijing’s actual behaviors suggest otherwise. A survey from last November ...

China sent a letter to the United Nations vowing resolute self-defense if Japan “dared to intervene militarily in the Taiwan Strait,” as Beijing tries to rally international support for its position ...

As China applies increasing military pressure against Taiwan, it’s worth considering an earlier era when conditions were much worse. In the fall of 1958, four countries—United States, Soviet Union, ...

Reinhard Bütikofer, former German MEP and co-chair of the German-Taiwanese Dialogue Platform, warns that a Taiwan Strait crisis would be a global – not just regional – emergency. He said such a crisis ...

The idea of a grand bargain with Beijing that trades Taiwan’s autonomy for “stability” is seductive. It promises to defuse the Indo-Pacific’s most volatile flash point before a crisis erupts. But it’s ...

Taiwan enjoys strong bipartisan support among Americans, with 60 percent now favoring direct military intervention in the event of a Chinese invasion, according to a new poll. It was among the most ...

This article originally appeared in History of War magazine issue 112. The standoff across the Taiwan Strait began during the Chinese Civil War, which pitted the fledgling Communists and the ruling ...