When policymakers in Jakarta, Bangkok or Manila think about cross-strait tensions, the instinct is often to treat them as a problem centered on Taiwan, China and the US, but that view is becoming harder to sustain.
Southeast Asia has a direct stake in what happens across the Taiwan Strait. A crisis would not stay confined to Northeast Asia. It would disrupt shipping, unsettle technology supply chains, and expose the region to economic and strategic shocks.
That is why Taiwan’s quieter transformation deserves more attention. Taipei is not only preparing for a possible war with China, it is also reshaping its defense posture through technology. Drones, secure communications, semiconductors and dual-use systems are becoming central to how Taiwan thinks about deterrence.
Articolo pubblicato su Taipei Times
