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The Strategic Studies Institute recently published A Hard Look at Hard Power: Assessing the Defense Capabilities of Key U.S. Allies and Security Partners. Edited by Gary J. Schmitt, codirector of the Marilyn Ware Center for Security Studies at AEI, and featuring contributions from him, AEI scholar Michael Mazza, and others, it fills critical gaps in information “about the actual hard power resources of America’s allies.”
Taiwanese defense spending has fallen despite evidence of an immediate need for such investments. Michael Mazza explains that Taiwan’s unique missile defense program may be one of the few the nation continues to fund.
Download A Hard Look at Hard Power: Assessing the Defense Capabilities of Key U.S. Allies and Security Partners here.
This post was written by Ash Malhotra, an AEIdeas intern, and edited by Sarah Gustafson, Editorial Assistant at the AEIdeas blog.
In the nation’s declining defense budget, Taiwan’s missile program is one of the few bright spots that may deter Chinese aggression.
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