Anushka Saxena quoted in First Post on the Taiwanese elections

Anushka Saxena, Research Analyst with Takshashila’s Indo-Pacific Studies Programme, was quoted in First Post on the Taiwanese elections and the threat from China.

She was quoted as saying “Lai will have to be much more moderate in his policy approach than he may have been in the past eight years. This is because over-the-threshold emphasis on independence or indigenous defence will inevitably lead to excessive show of force from China. This is neither in the interests of the Taiwanese government nor its people. But at the same time, we are not going to see US arms sales or democratic support to Taiwan dissipate, due to the national security, technological and values-based interests mutual to both.”

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