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In Dialogue: Are current debates over the China threat to Taiwan too one-sided?
In Dialogue: Are current debates over the China threat to Taiwan too one-sided?

With Blake Herzinger and Justyna Szczudlik

Raising awareness of any potential war through a debate about what such a crisis may look like must be accompanied by appropriate preparation for what exactly to do if something happens.

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Challenging ethnonationalism from the Matsu Islands
Challenging ethnonationalism from the Matsu Islands

Written by Wen Lii

While countries in East Asia, such as China, Japan or South Korea, may not hold particular strengths in fostering a multi-ethnic environment, Taiwan could look towards Europe or Southeast Asia to devise feasible approaches towards encouraging regional identities.

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The geostrategic criticality of Taiwan
The geostrategic criticality of Taiwan

Written by Gerald C Brown

Outside of the South China Sea, Taiwan’s occupation would put China right at the doorstep of Japan's Ryukyu Islands, the string of small islands stretching from Taiwan to the Japanese mainland, including US military bases in Okinawa. Many of the islands would become far closer to China than Japan and would be well in range of Chinese Anti-Access/Area-Denial (A2/AD) capabilities.

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Edge of democracy: China’s influence on Taiwan’s ‘frontline’ islands
Edge of democracy: China’s influence on Taiwan’s ‘frontline’ islands

Written by Wen Lii

Kinmen and Matsu continue to face challenges from across the Strait — whether in the form of sand dredgers or false narratives — their location on the border continues to offer us a glimpse of China’s increasingly diverse toolbox of exerting influence, while also spurring Taiwan and the rest of the democratic world to devise more creative methods of coping with them.

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