Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a stark reminder of the possibility that the fate of Taiwan may be eventually decided by military force, says Mr Drew Thompson, a visiting senior research fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.
Were that to happen, he says, South-east Asian states would face unavoidable political, economic and security risks.
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