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Taiwan military planning
![Taiwan’s Aging Society Poses a National Security Threat Taiwan’s Aging Society Poses a National Security Threat](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-05-26-144100.jpg)
Taiwan’s Aging Society Poses a National Security Threat
By Jeremiah May and Daniel Fu
Taiwan’s declining population has pressing ramifications for its ability to recruit and sustain an adequate fighting force.
![Taiwan’s Earthquake Resilience: Lessons for a Cross-Strait Conflict Taiwan’s Earthquake Resilience: Lessons for a Cross-Strait Conflict](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-04-09-122822.jpg)
Taiwan’s Earthquake Resilience: Lessons for a Cross-Strait Conflict
By Hiro Fu
Taiwan’s earthquake preparedness comes from decades of regulation and work in building structural and societal resilience. It must do the same in preparation for a potential conflict with China.
![Now That It’s a Reality, Does Taiwan Still Back Extended Military Conscription? Now That It’s a Reality, Does Taiwan Still Back Extended Military Conscription?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-05-26-144100.jpg)
Now That It’s a Reality, Does Taiwan Still Back Extended Military Conscription?
By Kuan-chen Lee
As Taiwan’s first cohort of one-year conscripts complete their basic training, the public remains heavily supportive of the policy change.
![Taiwan Extends Compulsory Military Service to 1 Year Taiwan Extends Compulsory Military Service to 1 Year](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-12-27-134328.jpg)
Taiwan Extends Compulsory Military Service to 1 Year
By Huizhong Wu
Taiwan's current 4-month military conscription requirement, put in place in 2017, was widely panned by the public as being too short.
![Taiwan Watches the Ukraine Invasion and Asks: Are We Ready? Taiwan Watches the Ukraine Invasion and Asks: Are We Ready?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-03-15-134502.jpg)
Taiwan Watches the Ukraine Invasion and Asks: Are We Ready?
By Brian Hioe
The invasion of Ukraine has sparked a conversation about how well Taiwan’s armed forces and civilian population are prepared to fend off a Chinese invasion.
![What Do People in Taiwan Think About Their Military? What Do People in Taiwan Think About Their Military?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-10-21-6.jpg)
What Do People in Taiwan Think About Their Military?
By Austin Horng-En Wang, Charles K. S. Wu, Fan-Yu Chen, and Yao-Yuan Yeh
As the perceived threat from China rises, people in Taiwan are reevaluating long-held negative views of their military.
![China’s Military Actions Against Taiwan in 2021: What to Expect China’s Military Actions Against Taiwan in 2021: What to Expect](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_19017101676875.jpg)
China’s Military Actions Against Taiwan in 2021: What to Expect
By Ying-Yu Lin
A look at the security environment facing Taiwan in the upcoming year.
![What Taiwan’s Military Can Learn From the Armenia-Azerbaijan War What Taiwan’s Military Can Learn From the Armenia-Azerbaijan War](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-05-19-7.jpg)
What Taiwan’s Military Can Learn From the Armenia-Azerbaijan War
By Eric Chan
Taiwan can take valuable lessons from the role of drones, decoys, and flexible thinking in the conflict.
![Taiwan’s Overall Defense Concept, Explained Taiwan’s Overall Defense Concept, Explained](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-11-02-11.jpg)
Taiwan’s Overall Defense Concept, Explained
By Lee Hsi-min and Eric Lee
The concept’s developer explains the asymmetric approach to Taiwan’s defense.
![Taiwan Debates Military Preparedness Measures as Chinese Threats Escalate Taiwan Debates Military Preparedness Measures as Chinese Threats Escalate](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-10-02-11.jpg)
Taiwan Debates Military Preparedness Measures as Chinese Threats Escalate
By Nick Aspinwall
Taiwan is considering an increase in reservist call-ups as the U.S. mulls abandoning its longtime policy of “strategic ambiguity.”
![China Flies Aircraft Close to Taiwan After Taiwan Launches Live-Fire Drills China Flies Aircraft Close to Taiwan After Taiwan Launches Live-Fire Drills](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_19017101676875.jpg)
China Flies Aircraft Close to Taiwan After Taiwan Launches Live-Fire Drills
By Nick Aspinwall
The moves come shortly after Xi told Chinese troops to prepare for war, kicking off a potentially volatile 2019.
![Estimating Taiwanese Military Power Estimating Taiwanese Military Power](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-45_lds_1.jpg)
Estimating Taiwanese Military Power
By Ian Easton
How well would Taiwan be able to defend itself against a Chinese attack?
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