Trading the island’s security for rhetoric from Beijing would be a strategic blunder of historic proportions.
Taiwanese soldiers walk past a Sky Sword II Land-based Air Defence Missile launcher in Taichung, Taiwan, on January 27, 2026. I-Hwa Cheng / AFP via Getty Images
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