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Report: PRC cyberattacks against Taiwan ‘increasingly severe’ in 2024
Reuters Cyberattacks on Taiwan government departments doubled in 2024 from the previous year to an average of 2.4 million a day, the self-governed island’s National Security Bureau said, with most of the hacks launched by People’s Republic of China (PRC) cyber forces. Beijing claims Taiwan as its territory and threatens to annex it by force. It recently has ramped up…
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Conflicts - Tensions
Taiwan targeted with more than $836 million in U.S. defense spending
Reuters The United States will provide $571.3 million in defense support for Taiwan, the White House announced in late December 2024, while the U.S. State Department approved the potential sale to the island republic of $265 million worth of military equipment. The U.S. by law must provide Taiwan with the means to defend itself despite a lack of formal diplomatic…
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Free and Open Indo-Pacific/FOIP
Beijing extends its coercive campaign against neighbors
FORUM Staff Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leaders complain about a rules-based order in which Beijing did not make the rules. By refusing to accept international laws that protect the global economy and the security of his Indo-Pacific neighbors, CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping offers a preview of the authoritarian system he favors. Coercive CCP military activity in and around the…
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Severed data cables linked to PRC-flagged cargo ship, European officials say
FORUM Staff European defense and government officials said a People’s Republic of China (PRC)-flagged vessel is a prime suspect after two undersea internet cables were severed in a span of hours in mid-November 2024. The cargo carrier Yi Peng 3 left a Russian port and sailed over both cables in the Baltic Sea about the time they were damaged. The…
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Conflicts - Tensions
Taiwan president strengthens diplomatic support among Blue Pacific nations
FORUM Staff Taiwan President Lai Ching-te sought to bolster support for the island and its democratic government on a tour of Blue Pacific nations. Lai visited the Marshall Islands, Palau and Tuvalu and also made stops in Hawaii and Guam, a United States territory, on the weeklong trip that began November 30, 2024. A dozen nations, including the Marshall Islands,…
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Free and Open Indo-Pacific/FOIP
G7 defense chiefs pledge commitment to Free and Open Indo-Pacific
FORUM Staff Defense ministers from the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations said they seek constructive and stable relations with the People’s Republic of China (PRC), while stating that Beijing has no legal basis for its expansive maritime claims in the South China Sea. The ministers said they are “strongly opposed to China’s repeated obstruction of freedom of navigation, militarization…
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Free and Open Indo-Pacific/FOIP
Australia, Japan, U.S. to hold trilateral military training
The Associated Press Japan will deploy troops for joint training with Australian and United States forces in northern Australia, the countries’ defense ministers said as they expressed concern about a spate of confrontations with the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) increasingly assertive military. Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles hosted Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin…
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Free and Open Indo-Pacific/FOIP
CCP coercion stands in stark contrast to Coast Guard cooperation by Allies and Partners
FORUM Staff An increasingly aggressive coast guard signals the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) willingness to risk escalation in the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait, analysts say. Meanwhile, like-minded nations are cooperating to uphold stability in the region. Rather than focusing on traditional law enforcement missions targeting smugglers or providing search and rescue, the CCP has militarized coast guard ships…
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Conflicts - Tensions
EU calls for end of PRC intimidation of Taiwan; seeks greater cooperation for Free and Open Indo-Pacific
FORUM Staff The European Union denounced the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) military provocations against Taiwan, saying the illegal, coercive, aggressive and deceptive tactics threaten security in the Indo-Pacific and beyond. The European Parliament, the legislative body representing the union’s 27 nations, approved a resolution in late October 2024 condemning the PRC’s bullying and its continued attempts to distort history…
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Features
Defending Taiwan
Dr. Shale Horowitz/University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Taiwan’s survival as a democracy and free society is under imminent threat. While invasion and blockade are the greatest dangers, economic and political threats also demand attention. All are interdependent, and all require close and continuing cooperation among Japan, Taiwan, the United States, and other Allies and Partners. Over the past decade, significant progress has…
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