Tag: Taiwan
U.S. Missile Shortages Raise Risks From Ukraine to Taiwan
U.S. officials fear Russia and China may factor depleted American missile-interceptor stocks into decisions on Ukraine, Europe and Taiwan, after the Iran war consumed a share of critical air-defense munitions, The New York Times reported Sunday. That is an assessment of strategic risk, not evidence either leader has decided on…
Taiwan Expands China War Drills Beyond Battlefield
Taiwan is expanding its annual war games to test whether the island's factories, supply routes and communications networks can keep functioning during a Chinese attack, adding new industrial and civilian resilience measures to next month's Han Kuang exercises.The August 5–14 drills will simulate Beijing using what appears to be a…
China Learns War Through Russia
Trading Blood for BlueprintsSince 2024, Chinese personnel have trained at a facility near Volgograd also used by Russia's 8th Combined Arms Army, one of the formations that has fought in eastern Ukraine – The Economist reported, citing European intelligence. The confirmed curriculum there covers drone warfare and urban combat. Separately,…
Trump’s Iran War Risks Becoming a Quagmire
The Trump administration is drifting back toward its original goal of Iranian regime change after months of diplomacy failed to end the war, Financial Times chief foreign affairs commentator Gideon Rachman argued, warning that President Donald Trump's foreign policy legacy is likely to be defined by a conflict for which…
China-Russia Drills Held Near South Korea, Japan
China and Russia concluded "Joint Sea-2026" on July 13 at a military port in Qingdao, the twelfth iteration of an annual naval exercise dating back to 2012, running July 6–13 in the Yellow Sea, according to Xinhua.Russia's task group was led by the Slava-class cruiser Varyag, alongside the corvette Rezkiy…
