The United States and Japan Should Prepare for Chinese Aggression Against Taiwan

Admiral John Aquilino, Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, meets with Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at Kishida’s official residence in Tokyo, Japan November 11, 2021. As China continues to increase its pressure against Taiwan, the questions of whether it will eventually use force to bring Taiwan under its control and how the United States should address this issue have moved to the center of the U.S. foreign policy debate. An often overlooked but critical factor is the extent to which any U.S. response to Chinese aggression would require the use of its forces in Japan and significant […]

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