November 8, 2017
By: Oriana Skylar Mastro and Ian Easton | Given the centrality of air power for U.S. power projection in the Western Pacific, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army […]
June 28, 2017
By: Ian Easton and Dee Wu | Taiwan has a big problem. In 2016, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) began a sweeping reorganization of its military with the […]
April 6, 2017
By: Ian Easton | Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama both failed to make available to Taiwan the arms needed to mount a credible self-defense. President […]
March 7, 2017
By Ian Easton | Various sources from within the People’s Republic of China have allegedly suggested that time is running out for Taiwan’s democracy. In their narrative, China’s iron-fisted leader, […]
October 17, 2016
By: Ian Easton | In principle, Taiwan’s sovereignty claims and territorial holdings in the South China Sea should be viewed by the U.S. as an asset. […]
June 14, 2016
By Ian Easton | Last year the outside world must have looked pretty good to the Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping, from his […]
May 23, 2016
By: Ian Easton | Taiwan will inaugurate a new president this week who China hates but America should love. On May 20 Taiwan’s newly elected president, […]
March 30, 2016
By: Ian Easton | The CCP views Taiwan as a grave threat to its grip on power. Consequently, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), which is the […]
September 21, 2015
By Ian Easton No one likes to admit they made a mistake, especially in Washington. But what if America’s top strategic thinkers have gotten China’s military […]