President Lai Ching-te aims for Taiwan's defense spending to hit 5% of GDP by 2030, responding to heightened military threats ...

Since the election of President Lai Ching-te (賴清德), Taiwan’s political landscape has been highly fragmented. The DPP won the ...

Taiwan's cabinet plans to propose a substantial defense budget of T$949.5 billion ($31.27 billion) for the upcoming year, making up 3.32% of the GDP. The budget allocation includes essential funding ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Ministry of National Defense announced Wednesday it is implementing management measures to stabilize manpower within the armed forces. Four initiatives are being implemented ...

Taiwan publicly released images of an AGM-114 Hellfire missile system mounted on a civilian delivery truck, signaling the ...

Calls for Taiwan to allocate 5 or even 10 percent of its GDP to defense – popularized by figures like Donald Trump – risk oversimplifying Taiwan’s unique fiscal and security challenges.

Taiwan's Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. (AIDC) will conclude its "National Defense Self-Sufficiency" initiative in 2026, with Chairman Kai-Hung Hu warning of challenges ahead despite ...

But Taiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te, has taken a major step forward by committing to raise Taiwan’s defense spending from 2.45 percent to 3 percent of GDP in 2025 through a special budget.

As Beijing grows increasingly bellicose toward its neighbors, Taiwan’s defense dilemma is one of the most significant challenges to Taiwan-U.S. cooperation today.

Taiwan's president William Lai recently announced at a national security meeting that his administration will increase the defense budget to 3% of GDP through special funding, a move that industry ...

Taiwan and the US have a long-standing partnership when it comes to defense cooperation. This has led to improved regional defense capabilities, enhanced interoperability, strengthened deterrence, ...

First, Taiwan must stop spending its scarce defense dollars on expensive conventional weapons. Last year, Taiwan spent more than $2 billion on 108 M1AT Abrams main battle tanks.