Ely Ratner Quoted in the New York Times

“The trajectory is in the right direction. It’s now a question of being able to move fast enough,” Ely Ratner, a former U.S. assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific security affairs under President Biden, said of Taiwan’s military changes during a recent visit to the island. […] “Part of the challenge now is the United States’ defense industrial base, whether it can cope with the multiple demands being made on it,” Mr. Ratner said in an interview. “Whereas a few years ago the United States was pushing hard for Taiwan to do more, now they are fully committed, and the United States needs to be able to match that in support.”

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