Truman National Security Project

BusinessMirror quotes Truman Fellow Ronak Desai in their article regarding the Obama administration’s engagement with Asia. China may be the centerpiece of the Obama administration’s second-term foreign-policy agenda, with US strategists trying to avoid entanglement in Syria or Mali in order to stay focused on a vision of reasserting the American presence in Asia. But [...]

Channel News Asia covers remarks by CNP President Scott Bates on Taiwan defense rethink. WASHINGTON: With Beijing growing in strength, a US scholar is calling for a major rethink on Taiwan in which the island would cut its troop numbers in half and rebrand its army as a self-defence force. The proposal marks a rare [...]

CNP President Scott Bates urges rethink on Taiwanese defense forces. WITH Beijing growing in strength, a US scholar is calling for a major rethink on Taiwan in which the island would cut its troop numbers in half and rebrand its army as a self-defense force. The proposal marks a rare break from the conventional view of [...]

CNP President Scott Bates discusses overhauling the Taiwanese Defense Force. WASHINGTON — With Beijing growing in strength, a U.S. scholar is calling for a major rethink on Taiwan in which the island would cut its troop numbers in half and rebrand its army as a self-defense force. The proposal marks a rare break from the [...]

The Taipei Times covers an event on Taiwanese security featuring CNP President Scott Bates. A five-point “provocative” plan for dramatically changing Taiwan’s defense posture was presented on Wednesday to a Taiwan Roundtable forum at the Sigur Center for Asian Studies at the George Washington University (GWU). The plan, proposed by Scott Bates, president of the [...]