This morning, Taiwan decommissioned its last nuclear reactor, entering the last phase of its "nuclear-free homeland" energy policy. In 2024, Taiwan imported 97% of its energy, making its energy intensive industries potentially vulnerable to blockade. Given the ongoing interest

Another must-read by michaelturton taipeitimes.com/News/feat/arch…

Tomorrow, May 20th, is the one year anniversary of Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te's inauguration. After a period of speculation, we can confirm he is expected to deliver a speech at 0930 (GMT+8) Below is his full schedule for the day, per president.gov.tw.

Check out Jonathan Walberg and I’s latest piece for Center for Maritime Strategy on the US Navy’s growing minesweeping problem. Even the PLAN have identified our minesweeping capabilities as a major vulnerability… why haven’t we? centerformaritimestrategy.org/publications/d…

"Why Recent Surprise Attacks Against Russia and Iran Should Worry Taiwan." War on the Rocks piece referring to Operation Spider's Web and Operation Rising Lion by Michael Hunzeker and Yuster Yu. warontherocks.com/2025/06/why-re…

Taiwan's yearly national exercise Han Kuang is coming up, and we'll be working with the great Jaime Ocon 歐海美 to help provide updates and share information on what goes on! More to follow soon!

Yuster and Michael Hunzeker continue their series on Taiwan defense reforms--this one focused on the possibility of surprise drone attacks and other sabotage warontherocks.com/2025/06/why-re…

Honored to coauthor bombshell Jamestown China Brief article! “Rigging the Game: PRC #Oil Structures Encroach on #Taiwan’s #Pratas Island” jamestown.org/program/riggin… Great to write with Jason Wang, Pei-Jhen Wu & Marvin Bernardo + work with Peter Mattis & Arran Hope Jamestown Foundation! Key

BREAKING: Canadian frigate HMCS Ville de Québec (FFH 332) and Australian destroyer HMAS Brisbane (DDG 41) are conducting a northbound Taiwan Strait transit. MarineTraffic live AIS data (MMSI: 316127000 and MMSI: 503000122) shows the vessels currently underway in the Strait.

1/ On Tuesday, the Senate began consideration of S.2296, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026. Below is a summary of provisions relating to Taiwan 🧵:

Excited for this upcoming Taiwan Security Monitor Schar School CSPS George Mason University event with Mike Pence & Michael Hunzeker on October 9th - Why #Taiwan Matters! 🇹🇼 #GMU

Senate is now actively considering the 2026 NDAA. See below for my thread on Taiwan-related provisions in it:

Wonderful to be back at Taiwan Security Monitor Schar School CSPS George Mason University event with Mike Pence & Michael Hunzeker today, very inspiring speech by the Vice President. A powerful reminder that the United States will stand by her Asia Pacific allies. - Why #Taiwan Matters! 🇹🇼 #GMU

The honor was all ours! Thank you Mike Pence for sharing your insights with us. And thanks to the Taiwan Security Monitor Jonathan Walberg & Ethan Connell for putting this event together!

As always, Joe O’Connor and Eric Gomez did great (and meaningful!) work compiling this data - go check it out!

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NEW SALE ALERT: The DSCA and U.S. State Department today notified Congress of a proposed sale to Taiwan covering spare parts for F-16 fighters, C-130 transport aircraft, and Indigenous Defense Fighters (IDFs), valued at US$330 million. The last notified sale to Taiwan was

New sale! This is one for maintenance and parts but it is still huge. First in nearly a year and first since TSM took over tracking. Interesting timing coming out of a govt shutdown and an ongoing China-Japan diplomatic dispute.

“Deterrence is the worst option—except for all the rest.” Michael Hunzeker joins Eric Edelman to discuss U.S. credibility, alliance politics, and what Taiwan’s future means for America’s standing in Asia.