US Marines training Taiwan elite troops in Guam
Center Senior Fellow Grant Newsham was quoted extensively in this piece by John Feng Aplatoon of Taiwan's elite soldiers traveled to...
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Drone swarms: How to stop a Chinese invasion of Taiwan?
Armed drone swarms coordinated and guided by artificial intelligence (AI) could give Taiwan the needed punch to overwhelm the People’s Liberation Army...
Biden’s Taiwan flubs, weakness embolden China
Media outlets were quick to report that President Biden shifted U.S. policy on Taiwan during a CNN town hall last...
China’s Marine Corps: Every clime and place? Not yet, but one day
If (or when) the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) launches an amphibious assault on Taiwan, the PLA Marine Corps (PLAMC)...
How will US respond to China’s hypersonic threat?
China's hypersonic vehicle test showed it can deliver a nuclear weapon from space in violation of its 1967 Outer Space...
Not Cleared Episode 15 – Why You Should Care About Taiwan
Today's guests are Grant Newsham and Jim Fanell. We talk to them about the importance of Taiwan - both strategically...
View from Japan: How to defend against hypersonic glide weapons
On October 19, North Korea test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile that profiled an irregular trajectory in the atmosphere. On September...
US-funded Wuhan gain of function research has been going on since before 2015
With the recent admission by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that it did indeed fund gain of function (GOF)...
Beijing leverages Media Warfare to influence public and government opinion in Taiwan
Media warfare, also known as Public Opinion Warfare, leverages all instruments that inform and influence an adversary’s public and government opinion....
China’s new superweapon exploits US blind spot
China has shocked the U.S. intelligence community and the world by the surprise test of an awesome new superweapon in...
For leadership on China, look outside “the swamp”
Americans should be forgiven if they are confused about how they should feel about China. Following the recent announcement by...
The US Navy needs a new submarine strategy for a war with China
U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and ships face severe vulnerabilities from hypersonic anti-ship missiles and China’s anti-ship ballistic missiles. A war with China would require...
What about China’s hypersonic missile?
The Financial Times originally reported on October 16 that China had tested a hypersonic nuclear missile in late August that was launched...
China will ‘lose everything’ if it starts Taiwan war—former Marine Colonel
A retired U.S. Marine colonel says the United States should commit to the defense of Taiwan against an attack by China, a decision that would...
Grant Newsham on the global impact if China declares war on Taiwan
In this special episode, we sat down with two guests: Grant Newsham, senior fellow at the Japan Forum for Strategic...
View from Japan: Kishida administration ignoring Taiwan Strait tensions
In early October, China dispatched numerous military aircraft near Taiwan. But Tokyo gave only a lukewarm reaction to the Chinese...