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“Right now, of course, the secretary of defense does not have a counterpart; there is no [Chinese] minister of defense. We’re going to have to probably wait on that one,” NSC official Sarah Beran said.
By Colin Clark
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Ankit Panda writes in this op-ed that the proliferation of long-range missiles in the Indo-Pacific may seem like a strategic advantage for different nations, but collectively increases the danger level.
By Ankit Panda
“What we’d really like to see is for them to be more transparent about their nuclear buildup, and also to see some greater willingness on their part to discuss these strategic stability and risk reduction issues with us,” a senior US defense official said.
By Ashley Roque
“They’ve managed to do it. That’s the key takeaway,” Euan Graham, China export at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, said of Taiwan building its first submarine. “And they did it against very strong political headwinds that apparently affected the supply of equipment. This is impressive.”
By Colin Clark
“We have concluded that we’re not able to change the production priorities [for Taiwan]. That would be an easy answer but unfortunately there are no easy answers,” senior State Department official Mira Resnick told Breaking Defense.
By Ashley Roque
$55 million would be bound for Taiwan and $30 million for Lebanon.
By Ashley Roque and Agnes Helou
Enterprise-wide training: the Army’s $3.5B program for multi-service combat readiness
The competition for Warfighter Training and Readiness Solutions will bring together training networks, combat training centers and live ranges across the DoD enterprise.
Department of the Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall’s letter didn’t specify what “broader and more comprehensive” changes officials are examining, though he did note the review is set to conclude by January 2024.
By Michael Marrow
The new map sparked sharp reactions from India, Nepal, Vietnam, Malaysia and Taiwan. The new document was released one week before the G-20 summit in India. President Xi Jinping was to attend but news reports now indicate he will not.
By Colin Clark
While the Pentagon is still figuring out how to effectively ferry supplies across the Indo-Pacific theater, a top TRANSCOM official warned that the command may not have all the tools it needs to accurately track supplies in transit.
By Michael Marrow
RAND and the Special Competitive Studies Project brought together technology experts from outside the Pentagon to help run a wargame around China and Taiwan. These are the findings.
By Jim Mitre and Ylber Bajraktari
In this new op-ed, Ben Ho of IISS looks deeply at the question of how China may use its aircraft carriers in a Taiwan invasion.
By Ben Ho Wan Beng
“We agree that there is urgency to make sure that Taiwan is prepared as part of deterrence to keep China from moving forward,” said State Department’s Assistant Secretary Bureau of Political-Military Affairs Jessica Lewis.
By Ashley Roque
The Maritime Accelerated Response Capability Cell will remain active indefinitely, according to a memo obtained by Breaking Defense.
By Justin Katz
Europe is too important, and Russia too great a threat in the Far East, to put Ukraine on the backburner in favor of Taiwan, argues AEI Asia expert Michael Mazza.
By Michael Mazza