Masahiro Matsumura is professor of international politics and national security at the faculty of law of St. Andrew's University in Osaka and a Taiwan Fellow at the Taiwan Center for Security Studies in Taipei.
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Taiwan must resolve its defense approach for help to be effective
Island's identity politics holds back shift away from traditional posture
Taiwanese troops on a combat readiness drill at a base in Taitung in January:. The island on its own will never be able to survive a full-scale Chinese invasion. © Reuters
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