Trump win will imperil Taiwan, academic says

Taipei Times
Date: Jul 10, 2016
By: William Lowther / Staff reporter in WASHINGTON

The Taiwan Strait might become more dangerous than ever if Republican presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump is elected to the White House in November, a prominent Washington academic said.

Senior fellow in foreign policy at the Brookings Institution Michael O’Hanlon wrote that Trump’s policy ideas could push Taipei into secretly working on a nuclear weapon.

Writing in the Wall Street Journal, O’Hanlon said that Trump wants to withdraw US forces from Asia and let its allies Japan and South Korea defend themselves.

“He suggests that these two Asian powers might best develop their own nuclear weapons,” O’Hanlon wrote.     [FULL  STORY]