Officially, the US acknowledges China's position while supplying the island with weapons to defend itself in the event of an attack. All this makes Taiwan one of the most important geopolitical flashpoints in the world. On both sides of the Taiwan Strait people have grown accustomed to the uncertainty and tension.

Officials have pointed to China and Russia as likely culprits, but legal challenges make prosecutions difficult.

As President Trump turns toward Russia, Taiwan grapples with its reliance on U.S. support in the face of conflict with China.

The U.S. is Taiwan's ace in the hole as it faces China's threats, so does Trump's fickle foreign policy fuel concern, or does Taipei have "a better hand"?

In the early 2000s, Russia and China had heeded US preferences regarding the Korean Peninsula by engaging in multilateralism with the Six-Party Talks to deal

Following an Oval Office blowup and a European-led summit, a path to ending the war in Ukraine seems more unclear than ever as new rifts emerge between the United States and the European Union. For China,

Russia, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) A Taiwan national flag flutters near the Taipei 101 building at the National Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan, May 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying ...

A senior Taiwan official pointed to companies in Ukraine including Uber and Microsoft which continued to provide critical services.

Taiwan and the Czech Republic, living in the shadow of Russia and China, have found common cause.

Taiwan needs to dramatically hike defense spending to around 10% of gross domestic product in order to deter a war with China, President Donald Trump's nominee to become a top Pentagon policy advisor said on Tuesday.

China pushed back against recent remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, declaring that Washington could never "sow discord" in its ties with Moscow. Newsweek reached out to the White House and the Russian Foreign Ministry via email for comment.

Context: Trump’s recent statements about Ukraine have reinforced fears that the U.S. is retreating from its decades-long commitment to Europe’s defense. NATO’s secretary general also recently called on members to spend “considerably more” than 3 percent of economic output on defense.