Category: Taiwan
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Dual-Use Vessels Tighten the Grey Zone Around Taiwan
There are allegations and analyses that Beijing is using dual-purpose, unmarked vessels around Taiwan to monitor, harass, and assert its presence under the guise of fishing. What is your most up-to-date and in depth assessment? Strategia-100, Chief Strategist: Here’s a current and detailed assessment of the evidence, implications, and dynamics around the claims that Beijing…
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Taiwan Secures Reaffirmation
The 2025 Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders’ Meeting, held from September 8–12 in Honiara, Solomon Islands, concluded with leaders reaffirming Taiwan’s status as a “development partner” under a 1992 agreement. This allows Taiwan to participate in side events and dialogues alongside the main summit, despite not being a full member. The decision came amid pressure…
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Cables Under Siege
Taiwan’s coast guard has significantly ramped up patrols around its undersea internet cables in response to multiple incidents of suspected sabotage attributed to China-linked vessels. Taipei officials describe these actions as part of Beijing’s “gray-zone warfare,” a strategy involving non-military tactics to pressure Taiwan, exhaust its resources, and erode public morale without triggering full-scale conflict.…
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Kinmen Island Drill
On Monday, the Taiwanese Army carried out a live-fire drill on the Island of Kinmen, less than 10 miles from the coast of China, as part of the ongoing “Han Kuang Exercises” meant to simulate the defense of Taiwan from a full-scale invasion by China. Your deepest assessment? TW-01 STRATEGIC ASSESSMENTLive-Fire Drill on Kinmen Island:…
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Defending Taiwan
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has publicly stated that the United States would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese attempt to “conquer” the island. Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on May 31, 2025, Hegseth warned that the threat from China is real and potentially imminent, emphasizing that any attempt by China…