Down a sandy, dirt road on the outskirts of Darwin in Australia’s Northern Territory lies one of the US and Australia’s most ...

A frantic arms race between the US and China is underway in the Pacific while the fate of Taiwan hangs in the balance.

It’s still lunchtime in Taipei but the streets are strangely quiet. A few people are running with their bags, despite the sweltering summer heat, desperate to get somewhere before 1.30 p.m.

Taiwan accused China on Friday of raising tensions in the region with a "provocative" military patrol involving warplanes and warships near the island, an unusual public rebuke in what are ...

TYLER JOST is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the Watson School of International and Public ...

Earlier this summer, in June 2025, President Lai Ching-te delivered the first of his “Ten Lectures on National Unity,” their ...

China could block undersea cable repair vessels if a conflict across the Taiwan Strait were to occur, which would be a major problem for Taiwan as more than 90 percent of its Internet connectivity ...

It is one of the many instances in the last few years of China increasing its military activity around Taiwan. This summer is no exception, and Beijing is turning up the heat even more.

If Taiwan did declare independence from China, or if the U.S. established formal diplomatic ties with Taipei, such an action would likely “trigger” a military response from China and “lead ...

Tensions are high in Taiwan as threats from China and anger over political deadlock take center stage in an election to ...

From Trump’s tariff-fueled ceasefire push in Southeast Asia to political deadlock in Taiwan, a deadly courthouse siege in ...

China views Musk's Starlink as a military threat and is openly exploring aggressive countermeasures, including lasers from ...