by Dave Patterson | Mar 10, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Military Affairs, Opinion
It’s no secret the People’s Republic of China (PRC) will not, borrowing from Dylan Thomas, “go gentle into that good night” when it comes to Taiwan. Instead, just the opposite is happening. Beijing is gearing up for conflict with the West,...
by Dave Patterson | Jan 31, 2023 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
Speaker of the US House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) upcoming visit to Taiwan is a rite of passage to the House chamber gavel. All visits by representatives of the US government to foreign countries are important on some level. However, when those...
by Dave Patterson | Dec 30, 2022 | Articles, Good Reads, International, Opinion
Tensions between China and its neighbors show no signs of easing. On the contrary, for both Taiwan and Japan the Beijing threat looms large on the horizon. Consequently, it should be no surprise to People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) President Xi Jinping...
by Dave Patterson | Dec 7, 2022 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
The US defense industrial base is weaning itself away from Chinese production of semiconductors and microelectronics. On Dec. 6, President Joe Biden visited the new Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) tool-in ceremony in Phoenix, AZ. TSMC committed to...
by Dave Patterson | Oct 27, 2022 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
Recent warnings from the US chief of naval operations (CNO) that China could invade Taiwan as early as 2022 or 2023 do not square with the lack of urgency implicit in President Joe Biden’s National Security Strategy (NSS). Whereas the NSS addresses the...