8 hours ago
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
Should Taiwan worry about the US being bogged down in the Mideast again?
A US war in the Middle East could leave its armed forces stretched too thin to respond swiftly to a Taiwan Strait crisis, analysts on the island warned after the
US launched multiple precision strikes on nuclear-related sites in Iran on the weekend.
While US President Donald Trump was quick to describe the operation as a 'very successful attack', defence analysts and lawmakers in Taipei suggested that American attention could be
diverted from the Taiwan Strait
Their core concern: that the United States, already deeply engaged in supporting Ukraine, would have
fewer military resources and less political bandwidth to respond swiftly should Beijing move against Taiwan.
'There's no question Taiwan remains a core US interest,' said Li Da-jung, professor of international relations at Tamkang University in New Taipei City.
'But if America finds itself managing two major conflicts at once, we have to ask: how many resources can it realistically spare for us, should Beijing choose that moment to act?'
