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How America can defend Taiwan

The US needs to prepare for the worst

13 November 2021

9:00 AM

13 November 2021

9:00 AM

How would America respond if China attacked Taiwan? The pressure to defend the island would be compelling, if not overwhelming. Washington nominally maintains a ‘strategic ambiguity’ towards the defence of Taiwan, but the two countries are linked in many ways and the Biden administration recently reiterated its ‘rock solid’ commitment to the island.

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