How will Taiwan defend itself in the coming years? What is the outlook for Taiwan’s ties with Japan, Europe and the United States? A group of experts will discuss these and other questions at this special AEI event.

A good way out of strategic insolvency--a condition a country enters when it is not funding the commitments it has made--would be to properly resource the plans already put out by DOD. But troublingly, the Obama administration is not funding the capabilities the military says it needs to fulfill the missions assigned to it by its civilian masters.

Asia will become the epicenter of geopolitical activity in the 21st century and the budding U.S.-China security rivalry, conditioned by deep economic interdependence, will shape the region's future.

With the New START treaty ratified, the Obama administration can turn its attention to the real source of nuclear instability among the great powers: China's buildup of conventional ballistic missiles.

This report is designed to help generate serious reflections on how best to preserve the ROC's own accomplishments as a people and a government and to enable it to choose its own future as free of coercion as possible.

The Obama administration is going all out to attract Chinese companies to invest in the U.S., but at the same time, it has rebuffed the efforts of the Chinese telecoms giant Huawei to obtain contracts with major U.S. Internet providers or to take over U.S. telecom companies. At this event, a panel of experts will analyze the issues from both an economic and a security perspective.

What is an appropriate level of defense spending for Taiwan?

Europe is in turmoil following the rejection of the proposed European Union constitution by French and Dutch voters. With momentum toward a more politically unified Europe suddenly derailed, E.U. member states risk a prolonged period of introspection that will complicate cooperation with Washington on a range of issues from Iran to trade. Making matters worse, governments in Berlin and Paris are discredited and will be domestically distracted for some time to come. And the European economy is in the doldrums at a time when the United States needs Europe to share more of the burden of fueling global growth.