Coalition frontbencher James Paterson has said it “wouldn’t be appropriate” for the US to force Australia to commit to a course of action in any potential conflict involving China and Taiwan.

China claims Taiwan as part of its territory and threatens to take it by force if Taipei refuses to submit under its control indefinitely. Over the past decade, Beijing has raised the pressure on ...

The 41st Han Kuang exercise is taking place against a backdrop of heightened tensions with China, which claims Taiwan as its ...

Taiwan continued to conduct its Han Kuang military exercises on Monday, intended to guard against Chinese threats to invade. This year’s 10-day live-fire Han Kuang drills are the longest yet as ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Yun Sun, director of the China Program at the Stimson Center, about how Beijing will view Taiwan's large-scale military drills.

Taiwan is holding its latest round of annual military exercises, the Han Kuang. The live-fire drills include new weapons systems provided by the United States.

Taiwan took delivery last year of the first 11 of 29 HIMARS units, testing them for the first time in May. With a range of ...

Taiwan debuted its new US-supplied M1A2T Abrams tanks in live-fire drills, showcasing advanced capabilities aimed at ...

Three months on, the aftershocks of Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff spree in April 2025 continue to reverberate across East Asia. The United States ...

View PDF Executive Summary This research project began as an effort to explore the potential security challenges that a Taiwan contingency would pose to Japan. Research revealed, however, that ...

Amped-up drills and new U.S. tanks have added bite to President Lai Ching-te’s Taiwan-is-a-country lecture tour.