In 2024, Amanda Hsiao wrote “A Post-Election Risk Assessment for the Taiwan Strait,” which assessed relations and policies between Taipei, Beijing, and Washington ahead of the 2024 Taiwanese presidential election. In the wake of leadership change in both Taipei and Washington and continued cross-strait tensions, we invited Amanda back to reflect on her article.
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth told European allies Wednesday that the Trump administration expects them to shoulder the burden of providing the “overwhelming share” of lethal and non-lethal military aid to Ukraine going forward.
The new Pentagon chief, who is in the middle of his first overseas trip in that capacity, laid out his vision for a “division of labor” for security on the continent during a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in Brussels, Belgium.
The US Defense Secretary said Washington would “no longer tolerate” Europe’s approach to the NATO alliance.
Will NATO be able to innovate and adapt before a crisis? Adm. Pierre Vandier popped into War on the Rocks HQ for a most interesting chat about this very question. He serves as Supreme Allied Commander Transformation. A senior leader in the French navy and career fighter pilot, Vandier is responsible for the transformation of NATO’s military structures, forces, capabilities, and doctrines. With Ukraine struggling against Russia, technology advancing at a thunderous pace, and the geopolitical landscape shifting, Vandier offers some fascinating, quotable insights.
More than 2,600 personnel and 730 vehicles are
House lawmakers received a classified briefing Tuesday on the Defense Department’s plan to mature its cyber warfighting enterprise, a senior member confirmed.
The briefing, conducted by Gen. Timothy Haugh, commander of U.S. Cyber Command, and Ashley Manning, acting assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy, was the first for members of the chamber on the approved framework for the initiative known as Cybercom 2.0.
Microsoft and Anduril Industries have broadened their collaboration to boost the next stage of the US Army’s IVAS programme.
KNDS has raised its stake in German tank equipment maker RENK Group from 6.7% to 25.1%, strengthening strategic partnership.
After skipping the Munich Security Conference, and meeting with NATO leaders in Brussels, SecDef Pete Hegseth couldn’t have been more clear on the way forward in Ukraine – peace, not endless war.
The U.S. sees Ukraine restoring its 2014 borders as unrealistic.
The U.S. also does not consider Ukraine’s accession to NATO a realistic outcome.
There will be no U.S. forces in Ukraine.
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A Ukrainian former soldier has described how cr