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February 24, 2013

America's Pivot, Taiwan and Anti-Access

James Holmes, The Diplomat

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Taiwan must pivot to its own defense, helping the United States pivot to the Western Pacific. If the island's leadership appears unwilling to do so, Americans will understandably ask why they should run severe risks for an ally indifferent to its own defense — indeed, to its own political survival. To that Taipei will have no good answer.

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