Institute for National Defense and Security Research Assesses China, Indo-Pacific region and Defense Technology Developments

Security in the Taiwan Strait remains the focus

TAIPEI, Taiwan, R.O.C. – Dec 13, 2018 – In its inaugural overview on defense and security issues impacting the Indo-Pacific region and Taiwan, the Institute for National Defense and Security Research sees far-reaching effects of the US-Sino trade war in the Indo-Pacific region, of China’s party and military reform, and of technologies to come in the battlefields of the future.

“Based on meticulous analysis by the institute’s elites – in the spirit of and with an attitude for facts and transparency – we completed the three assessment reports for 2018,” Kent Feng, INDSR’s inaugural chairman and Taiwan’s former defense minister, writes in the foreword for the reports.

“We hope they provide a valuable reference and contribute to the wisdom of maintaining stability in the Taiwan Strait and promoting regional peace.”

The reports, their English-language summaries and the Chairman’s foreword are now available on the institute’s website
 Annual Assessment of the Security Environment in the Indo-Pacific Region 
《2018印太區域安全評估報告》
 Annual Assessment of PRC’s Political and Military Developments
《2018中共政軍發展評估報告》
 Annual Assessment of Trends of Defense Technology
《2018國防科技趨勢評估報告》

About INDSR
Formally inaugurated on May 1, 2018, the Institute for National Defense and Security Research is dedicated to fueling knowledge-based policy analyses and strategic assessments on Taiwan’s security. Our mission is to safeguard Taiwan’s democracy and prosperity by strengthening mutual understanding and advancing common interests in the defense and security community both globally and at home.

Contact: j.r.wu@indsr.org.tw