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Taiwan’s Defense Strategy Doesn’t Make Military Sense

If the United States wants to increase the defensive power of Taiwan’s armed forces, then Washington must find other ways to give the Taiwanese leaders the symbolic victories they seek from arms packages.

Tanner Greer

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Taiwan’s Defense Strategy Doesn’t Make Military Sense

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