Commentary
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that the Americans will be deploying as many as 200 troops to Taiwan to serve in training and advisory roles to Taiwan’s military.
Air Force airmen stand in front of an armed F-16V fighter jet behind two U.S.-made Harpoon AGM-84 anti-ship missiles during a drill at Hualien Air Force base in Hualien County, Taiwan, on Aug. 17, 2022. Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images
Grant Newsham
Author
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.”
