Taiwan’s former president urges U.S. to put Ukraine's needs first

As reported by Politico, speaking at the Halifax International Security Forum, Tsai said, “They should do whatever they can to help the Ukrainians. We [Taiwan] still have time.”

While Taiwan is heavily reliant on purchasing American weapons and receiving U.S. military aid for its defense, Tsai said that American support for Ukraine would help deter China from a cross-strait attack.

“A Ukrainian victory will serve as the most effective deterrent to future aggression” Tsai said.

Her remarks came shortly after Adm. Samuel Paparo, head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, noted that supplying arms to Ukraine had begun to affect the U.S. military’s ability to prepare for a conflict in Asia.

“Up to this year, where most of the employment of weapons were really artillery pieces and short-range weapons, I had said: ‘Not at all,’” Paparo said earlier in the week at the Brookings Institution. “But now, with some of the Patriots that have been employed, some of the air-to-air missiles that have been employed, it’s now eating into stocks.”

• On November 22, in Warsaw, Taiwan's Foreign Affairs Minister presented a project to support Ukraine.