Defending Taiwan : Essays on Deterrence, Alliances, and War

An essential and eye-opening roadmap from AEI's top Foreign and Defense Policy scholars, Defending Taiwan tackles the urgent questions surrounding US-Taiwan relations, Chinese aggression, and Taiwan's sovereignty, offering trenchant analysis and data-driven strategy for how the US and its allies can defend the international order, deter Chinese predation, and stand on the side of freedom.

From the American Enterprise Institute’s leading Foreign and Defense Policy scholars, Defending Taiwan offers a road map for US policy to deter and defend against Chinese aggression toward Taiwan. The top experts explain why the US should care about Taiwan’s sovereignty. They also examine the consequences of not defending the principles that the international order—which has made us safe and prosperous—relies on and what it would take to successfully protect Taiwan and the international order more broadly from Chinese predation. The chapters not only identify the major debates about protecting Taiwan’s sovereignty but also provide the trenchant analysis and data to inform American and allied national security strategies. US policy belongs on the side of people seeking freedom. This book is an essential resource for shaping such policy.

Kori Schake is a senior fellow and the director of Foreign and Defense Policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI).

Allison Schwartz was a research and communications associate at the American Enterprise Institute. She received her master’s degree from Georgetown’s Security Studies Program.