Centre for Air Power Studies

Centre for Air Power Studies Centre for Air Power Studies I S S U E B R I E F 168/22 17 May 2022 Defence of Taiwan – complexiTies anD challenges Air Marshal Anil Chopra Director General, Centre for Air Power Studies With Russia invading Ukraine and the attention of With Russia invading Ukraine the West on Europe, there is an increased speculation and the attention of the West if the People’s Repub. [...] China was not part of the treaty, but with the discontinuation of the treaty, the dynamics in the region have changed. [...] The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty²³ is a defence pact between the United States and the Republic of China (Taiwan) effective from 1955 and later carried over to the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979. [...] The western boundary of the ADIZ is the centerline of the Taiwan Strait. [...] The Taiwan Relations Act makes it incumbent on the United States to maintain the military capacity to defend the island.