The Prospect Foundation | The U.S.’ Security Package: Implications for Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific

By: Michael Mazza | THE PROSPECT FOUNDATION |

On April 20, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Indo-Pacific Security Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2024. Four days later, President Joe Biden signed it into law. The bill was an important step in redressing shortcomings of the United States’s defense footing in the Indo-Pacific. Only time will tell, however, whether the act will be remembered as more than a fleeting stopgap measure as China marches towards regional military superiority.

… If making FMF resources available to Taiwan can accelerate and enhance its efforts to modernize and optimize its military to counter Chinese aggression, conflict will become less likely. But it is not at all clear that FMF will be successful in doing so…

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