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U.S. defense of Taiwan
![What to Make of Biden’s Latest Promise to Defend Taiwan What to Make of Biden’s Latest Promise to Defend Taiwan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-06-06-204449.jpg)
What to Make of Biden’s Latest Promise to Defend Taiwan
By Dean P. Chen
A range of intertwined international and domestic factors are driving Washington’s current policy toward the Taiwan Strait.
![Taiwan’s Will to Fight May Be Stronger Than You Think Taiwan’s Will to Fight May Be Stronger Than You Think](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-05-16-182329.jpg)
Taiwan’s Will to Fight May Be Stronger Than You Think
By Timothy R. Heath
Should China mount an invasion, Taiwan's political leadership and degree of social cohesion will be the most important factors in its defense.
![Building a US Special Forces ‘Stealth Network’ on Taiwan Building a US Special Forces ‘Stealth Network’ on Taiwan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-05-03-135129.png)
Building a US Special Forces ‘Stealth Network’ on Taiwan
By A. B. Abrams
The U.S. is making preparations for Ukraine-style military operations on Taiwan.
![Wargaming a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: ‘Victory Is Not Enough’ Wargaming a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: ‘Victory Is Not Enough’](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-10-21-6.jpg)
Wargaming a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: ‘Victory Is Not Enough’
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Mark Cancian.
![10 Reasons Xi Won’t Attack Taiwan Anytime Soon 10 Reasons Xi Won’t Attack Taiwan Anytime Soon](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-08-12-133218.jpg)
10 Reasons Xi Won’t Attack Taiwan Anytime Soon
By Hemant Adlakha
Yes, Chinese leader Xi Jinping has ambitions for absorbing Taiwan. But so did all his predecessors.
![Suppose the US Defeats a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan. What Then? Suppose the US Defeats a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan. What Then?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-11-29-164604.jpg)
Suppose the US Defeats a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan. What Then?
By Connor Swank
A Taiwan conflict in which the United States and its allies win the battles but lose the war would not be a historical first.
![Correcting the Record on US Taiwan Policy Correcting the Record on US Taiwan Policy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-06-10-132454.jpg)
Correcting the Record on US Taiwan Policy
By Ben Lowsen
The important nuances of “strategic ambiguity” and other elements of U.S. policy are often lost in the headlines.
![China and Taiwan: The Geopolitical Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight China and Taiwan: The Geopolitical Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-01-26_20-38-37.jpg)
China and Taiwan: The Geopolitical Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight
By Peter Birgbauer
Can the international community see through the fog of its current crises and adequately prepare for an even bigger crisis further down the road?
![Making Sense of Biden’s Taiwan Policy Making Sense of Biden’s Taiwan Policy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-06-10-132454.jpg)
Making Sense of Biden’s Taiwan Policy
By Denny Roy
The Biden team thinks its adjustments to Taiwan policy will prevent a miscalculation by Beijing. Unfortunately, that may itself be a miscalculation.
![How Far Could the Quad Support Taiwan? How Far Could the Quad Support Taiwan?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-05-25-181332.jpg)
How Far Could the Quad Support Taiwan?
By Huynh Tam Sang and Trang Huynh Le
The Quad is supposed to help counterbalance China’s rise, but it remains unclear whether the bloc would intervene in the event of a Taiwan Strait conflict.
![Xi Jinping Might Think He Can Handle His Own ‘Ukraine’ Xi Jinping Might Think He Can Handle His Own ‘Ukraine’](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-09-22-13.jpg)
Xi Jinping Might Think He Can Handle His Own ‘Ukraine’
By Grant Newsham
Xi might look at what has happened in Ukraine, and to the Russians, and think he’s got a reasonable shot at Taiwan.
![Japanese Former Defense Minister Morimoto Satoshi on a Taiwan Contingency Japanese Former Defense Minister Morimoto Satoshi on a Taiwan Contingency](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-03-23_21-19-42.jpg)
Japanese Former Defense Minister Morimoto Satoshi on a Taiwan Contingency
By Kosuke Takahashi
If “China can unify Taiwan while eliminating U.S. interference. This is the best scenario for China... The surrounding countries cannot help Taiwan.”
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