Australia, US Preparing ‘Contingencies’ Around Possible Taiwan Conflict

Flags of Taiwan and the United States are placed for a meeting between U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce and Su Chia-chyuan, President of the Legislative Yuan in Taipei, Taiwan on March 27, 2018. Tyrone Siu/Reuters

Australia and the United States are working on “contingencies” if there is an outbreak of conflict around Taiwan, according to a senior U.S. diplomat.

Michael Goldman, charge d'affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Canberra, told The Australian National University’s (ANU) National Security Podcast last week that Australia and the United States are working closely together on security issues.