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Taiwan’s Military: ‘Break the Glass’ Before the Fire Starts

Taiwan’s Military: ‘Break the Glass’ Before the Fire Starts
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen waves during a ceremony to commission new U.S.-made Apache AH-64E attack helicopters at a military base in Taoyuan, Taiwan, on July 17, 2018. Sam Yeh/AFP
Grant Newsham
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The Wall Street Journal recently broke the news that U.S. Special Forces and U.S. Marines have been secretly deployed to Taiwan for the last year to train Taiwan’s military. This apparent step-up in U.S. support for Taiwan got hopes up in some quarters and set off alarm bells in others.
Grant Newsham
Grant Newsham
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Grant Newsham is a retired U.S. Marine officer and a former U.S. diplomat and business executive with many years in the Asia/Pacific region. He is a senior fellow with the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies (Tokyo) and Center for Security Policy and the Yorktown Institute in Washington, D.C. He is the author of the best selling book “When China Attacks: A Warning to America.”
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