2023 Issue 27

This week the U.S. Department of Defense releases a list of primarily PRC and Russian entities which undermine U.S. security, and the Drum Tower podcast explores the shift in Japanese threat assessments of the PRC over the past decade. 

A Wall Street Journal piece on how Taiwanese interpret the Ukraine war and the potential for a PRC invasion of Taiwan.  Taiwan’s leading Presidential candidate, William Lai, writes about his perspectives on maintaining peace under threats from Beijing.

And a reminder that the Biden Administration continues to recommend that U.S. citizens NOT travel to the PRC given the risks of arbitrary detention and abuse from the PRC Government.