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J. Michael Cole

J. Michael Cole is editor in chief of Taiwan Sentinel as well as a Taipei-based Senior Fellow with the China Policy Institute/Taiwan Studies Programme at the University of Nottingham, UK

J. Michael Cole is editor in chief of Taiwan Sentinel as well as a Taipei-based Senior Fellow with the China Policy Institute/Taiwan Studies Programme at the University of Nottingham, UK and associate researcher with the French Centre for Research on Contemporary China (CEFC). He was chief editor of www.thinking-taiwan.com, a site sponsored by a foundation created by current Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, from 2014-16, and deputy news editor at the Taipei Times from 2010-13. He is a former analyst at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) in Ottawa and has a Master’s Degree in War Studies from the Royal Military College of Canada. He is a regular columnist for The Diplomat, The National Interest, and a contributor for Jane’s Defence Weekly. His work has also appeared in several international outlets including the Wall Street Journal, the Globe and Mail, the Christian Science Monitor, the Age, the Brookings Institution, and CNN. His latest book, Convergence or Conflict in the Taiwan Strait, was published by Routledge in 2016.

You can follow him on Twitter: @jmichaelcole1.

Posts by J. Michael Cole

June 11, 2013

Taiwan’s New Rocket Launchers?

Taiwan’s military recently inadvertently confirmed the deployment of the Ray Ting-2000 (Thunderbolt-2000).

June 04, 2013

Japan Mulls a Preemptive Strike Capability

Tokyo says it has the right to attack imminent threats. The political repercussions could be huge.

May 29, 2013

China’s Amphibious Game Changer?

South China Sea nations take notice: the world’s largest Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) reached Guangzhou this month.

May 21, 2013

How Taiwan Bungled the Philippine Crisis

Starting off with the moral high ground, Ma Ying-jeou quickly overplayed his hand. What went wrong?

May 14, 2013

Asia's Next High Seas Drama

Tensions between Taiwan and the Philippines are running high after the death of Taiwanese fisherman.

May 12, 2013

Taiwan's Military Flexes its Muscles

A story in photos: The recent Han Kuang series of exercises was a serious display of Taiwan’s military power.

May 07, 2013

Israel’s Target in Syria Was Hezbollah, Not Assad

Reports indicate that strikes targeted short-range missiles that were awaiting transfer to Hezbollah.

April 30, 2013

China's Shifting Cyber Focus on Taiwan

A new report concludes China’s cyber strategy for Taiwan is shifting towards the civilian sector.

April 22, 2013

The DF-21D or "Carrier Killer": An Instrument of Deception?

Is all the hype part of an asymmetrical campaign by China to defeat its enemies without a fight?

April 15, 2013

Taiwan's New Source for Submarine Tech?

Could Taipei be looking to an East Asian neighbor for assistance with its submarine program?

April 09, 2013

Red Star Over the Indian Ocean?

” one contact with a suspected Chinese submarine took place 90 km from Indian soil in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.”

March 26, 2013

A Cold War in the East China Sea?

Amid ambiguous signaling, hardening alliances, and the militarization of the dispute, has a Cold War begun over the Senkakus?