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L’Obs | Why does such a prospect worry Americans so much? Why is the possible invasion of Taiwan, an island no larger than a French region and forty times less populated than China, its powerful neighbor, the worst nightmare of the leaders of the United States?..........
The Intercept | Despite China warning “serious confrontation in the U.S.-China relationship,” House Speaker Kevin McCarthy confirmed plans to meet with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen when she visits California on Wednesday. ...
Financial Times | In supporting Ukraine, the US is not just doing the right thing. It is shoring up its own long-term position in Asia. The wonder is that so many American conservatives can’t see it.........
SEMAFOR | Speaker McCarthy should therefore give President Tsai a very direct and forceful message …
Nikkei | As the U.S. Congress shifts to confrontation with China across party lines, conservative hardliners in the opposition Republican Party are calling for a reduction in U.S. support for Ukraine.....
RealClear Defense | Colby notes that China’s strategic ambitions go “well beyond Taiwan,” and those ambitions are manifest in China’s military posture in the South China Sea and its acquiring of ports and bases in the Indian Ocean, Africa, and even Latin America........
Diplomatic Courier | Here, it is worth reading Krepinevich’s book in parallel with Elbridge Colby’s “The Strategy of Denial”. While some disagree with Colby’s analysis and conclusions, it is an articulation of a clear operational concept against which military planners can work and the services can acquire.,......
UnHerd | Since writing Donald Trump’s National Defense Strategy in 2018, Elbridge Colby has become one of the most influential conservative defence thinkers in America........
Berliner Zeitung | Elbridge Colby: Nothing has changed in our fundamental interests: No power is still allowed to achieve hegemony over important regions......
Sky News Australia | Former US deputy assistant secretary of defence Elbridge Colby says the AKUS deal for the US is “more heat than light” as the American system is not designed to work with aligns in creating technology and ammunition.....