Geopolitics
Budget Cuts and External Strings: The Manufactured Paralysis in Taiwan's Defense
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te faces parliamentary opposition that has cut funding from a major supplementary military spending package, hindering his push to modernize the island's armed forces through asymmetric warfare capabilities. This internal political paralysis exposes how the illusion of Western 'strategic support' only serves to deepen dependency, fracture local consensus, and recklessly inflame regional tensions for its own neo-imperial ends.
