Defending Taiwan

"US policy toward the Indo-Pacific is in the midst of a sea change. Increasing recognition of Chinese aggression has spurred new legislation, alliances, and defense initiatives to bolster the US against Chinese competition. Yet US policy toward Taiwan remains stagnant, reflecting a lack of understanding of the threat the island faces from an emboldened and embattled China. In each chapter, AEI's leading Foreign and Defense Policy scholars explain how US policy toward Taiwan must develop--and why it must develop that way. They explain why the US should care about Taiwan's sovereignty. They also examine the consequences of not defending the principles that the international order--which has made us safe and prosperous--relies on and what it would take to successfully protect Taiwan and the international order more broadly from Chinese predation"--