Commentary
On March 1, the United States tentatively approved the sale of $600 million in hi-tech weapons to Taiwan for its U.S.-made F-16 aircraft.
An army personnel gestures during Taiwan's Southern armoured brigade live-fire exercises in Pingtung county, southern Taiwan, on Sept. 6, 2022. Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images
Austin Bay
Author
Austin Bay is a colonel (ret.) in the U.S. Army Reserve, author, syndicated columnist, and teacher of strategy and strategic theory at the University of Texas–Austin. His latest book is “Cocktails from Hell: Five Wars Shaping the 21st Century.”
