Ever since the surprising attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, the aircraft carrier has become a symbol of naval power and an ultimate power projection tool. Nothing has epitomized the U.S. global presence as much as the carrier strike group (CSG). Now China may have similar aspirations. What are the implications for the …
Ever since the Obama administration announced its “pivot” to Asia in the fall of 2011, the one-million-dollar-question in Taiwan has been what role, if any, the country would play in the U.S.-led multilateral effort. Within defense circles particularly, there was hope that Washington include Taiwan in its rebalancing, a move that, military considerations aside, would …
On April 9, in the midst of the Sunflower Movement’s game-changing occupation of the legislature, President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) made one of his carefully choreographed video appearances before the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), arguably the most influential foreign-policy think tanks in Washington, D.C. It was a typical Ma performance, particularly given the …