US arms sales shows Taiwan’s security is non-tradeable to the US and key to its Indo-Pacific strategy

It is in the interests of both Taiwan and the US to hew to a force-deterrent policy to turn China towards a peaceful cross-strait reconciliation. For the US, it is also a sign to its allies of its dependability and commitment to regional stability

Drew Thompson

Published: 5:00am, 15 Jul, 2019

Updated: 5:42am, 15 Jul, 2019

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Drew Thompson is a former US Defence Department official responsible for managing bilateral relations with China, Taiwan and Mongolia. He is currently a visiting senior research fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. He is on Twitter @TangAnZhu