Derek Grossman is a senior defense analyst at the think tank RAND Corp. in Santa Monica, California, and an adjunct professor in the practice of political science and international relations at the University of Southern California. He formerly served as an intelligence adviser at the Pentagon.
Taiwan is jittery. Recent tensions in U.S.-Ukraine security relations, combined with a broader reset in Washington’s alliance with NATO and President Donald Trump’s desire to have better ties with both Russia and China, suggest that U.S. allies and partners may no longer be able to put their full faith in American security commitments.
