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Presidential Drawdown Authority Used to Send Weapons to Taiwan

Presidential Drawdown Authority Used to Send Weapons to Taiwan

Posted by By Antonio Graceffo January 8, 2024Posted inTaiwan
By Antonio Graceffo For the first time, the United States is using the presidential drawdown authority (PDA) to provide weapons to Taiwan. This is the same authority previously used to send arms…
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Impact of the U.S National Defense Authorization Act on Taiwan

Impact of the U.S National Defense Authorization Act on Taiwan

Posted by By Antonio Graceffo August 6, 2023Posted inTaiwan
by Antonio Graceffo The United States Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2022 contains $2 billion of foreign military finance loans to Taiwan, for the purchase of U.S.-made weapons and defense…
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What Makes Taiwan an ‘Unsinkable Shield’ That U.S. Can’t Afford to Have Fall To China? | Wide Angle

What Makes Taiwan an ‘Unsinkable Shield’ That U.S. Can’t Afford to Have Fall To China? | Wide Angle

Posted by By Antonio Graceffo March 20, 2022Posted inChina, Taiwan
U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur called Taiwan the “unsinkable aircraft carrier.”
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Why The World Should Worry About China Taking Taiwan; Will Xi Follow Putin’s Lead? | Wide Angle

Posted by By Antonio Graceffo March 19, 2022Posted inTaiwan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yBRyIooffc (Originally Published by NTD, Wide Angle, March 18, 2022) It wasn’t so long ago that communist China was offering Taiwan Hong Kong as the example of how ‘great things…
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Concerns over Taiwan rise as Russia declares war; A new dynamic between the three world powers

Concerns over Taiwan rise as Russia declares war; A new dynamic between the three world powers

Posted by By Antonio Graceffo February 26, 2022Posted inTaiwan
Hours after Putin put boots on the ground in Ukraine, Beijing sent fighter jets soaring near Taiwan. Will the island become the next Ukraine? Taipei reacts to those concerns.
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Why the Taiwan Question Matters

Why the Taiwan Question Matters

Posted by By Antonio Graceffo November 8, 2021Posted inTaiwan
Support for Taiwan is not only motivated by ideological commitment to democracy, but also because Taiwan is strategically important.
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Graceffo, A (December 25, 2023). Red Alert: China’s Global Power and How it Threatens U.S. National Security. Available on Amazon.

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