The United States’ strategic focus on countering the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began during President Donald Trump’s first term and has since hardened into a bipartisan consensus—making Taiwan’s security a core U.S. national interest, according to Miles Yu, a senior fellow and director of the China Center at the Hudson Institute and a former adviser to then–Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Yu said Washington formally reoriented its national defense strategy toward China under Trump, marking the most significant shift in U.S. grand strategy since World War II.
Speaking at a forum in Taipei on Dec. 15, Yu said, “Protecting Taiwan is an act of altruism—and also a necessity rooted in self-interest.”…
How Trump’s China Pivot Turned Taiwan Into a US Strategic Priority: Miles Yu
