US, Allies Move to Shore up Taiwan Defense

US, Allies Move to Shore up Taiwan Defense

By: Jens KastnerPhoto from the Philippine StarIn late February, the Philippine, US and Japanese militaries for the first time moved their joint “Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activities (MMCA)” military exercises from the South China Sea to the Bashi Channel that separates the Philippines from Taiwan, a shift that serves as a key focal point of strategy for the US and its allies to restrain China’s maritime expansion and deter a potential Ta…