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5 posts tagged taiwan.
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Hegseth's Taiwan silence at Shangri-La
Pete Hegseth's pointed omission of Taiwan at Asia's premier defence summit signals a US strategic pivot that could unravel forty years of deterrence doctrine in the Indo-Pacific.
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Taiwan arms pause and the cost of one war
Washington has quietly halted arms sales to Taiwan amid the Iran conflict, raising urgent questions about alliance credibility and deterrence in the Pacific.
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Trump's Beijing triumph conceals Taiwan ambiguity
Trump returned from Beijing with Boeing orders and handshakes but no clarity on Taiwan, Iran, or chips — a diplomatic photo-op dressed as strategy.
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Taiwan, Eswatini and the map China is quietly redrawing
The overflight row that delayed President Lai's state visit is a small episode in a much larger pattern — Beijing is teaching the world to treat Taiwanese sovereignty as conditional.
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Xi's Taiwan ultimatum, and the price of a summit
Trump's Beijing visit produced flattery and no deal — but Xi's explicit Taiwan warning signals that any US-China rapprochement now carries a steep and underappreciated cost.