During the pandemic, China has been ratcheting up military pressure on Taiwan, leading to more cross-strait tension than ever and raising concerns about Taiwan’s ability to defend itself. Against the unsettled backdrop of COVID, the Sigur Center for Asian Studies held a roundtable of panelists to discuss U.S. security support to Taiwan, cross-strait military balance, Taiwanese attitudes toward China, as well as how these issues are influenced by deteriorating U.S.-China relations and November election results.

In this Asia Report, we present the answers to these questions from leading experts, including Elbridge Colby, co-founder of The Marathon Initiative and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development, and Shelley Rigger, Brown Professor of Political Science at Davidson College.

Read the full Asia Report here.