Researchers Call for Taiwan to Strengthen National Defense by Investing Locally

At the 2019 Taipei Defense and Security Forum, researchers suggested the government to pursue Indigenous Military Programs to strengthen Taiwan's national defense.

The News Lens
Date: 2019/10/08
By: Andrew Maxey

Over dozens of academics gathered in Taipei last week to discuss Taiwan’s asymmetrical diplomacy as a small island nation caught between the power dynamics of China and the United States.

At the 2019 Taipei Defense and Security Forum hosted by the Institute for National Security and Defense Research (INDSR), researchers from the institute shared their studies during a session on strengthening Taiwan’s defense.

INDSR research fellow Dr. Hung Jui-min presented his study on Taiwan’s defense industry, followed by Dr. Paul An-hao Huang’s introduction of the role of the Taiwanese Army in defending critical infrastructure.

The forum largely focused on Taiwan’s pursuit of an asymmetric strategy to fend off Chinese hybrid aggression. In terms of numbers, Taiwan’s military cannot match China’s ship-for-ship, bullet-for-bullet, so the Taiwanese government must find the best way to use its limited resources to re-equip its military.    [FULL  STORY]