The Calm Is the Anomaly: Why the Taiwan Strait Is More Dangerous Than the Headlines Suggest

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For a few weeks at the start of 2026, the Taiwan Strait looked almost quiet. Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense recorded no People’s Liberation Army incursions into the island’s air defense identification zone on 13 of 28 days in February, a marked drop from the daily sorties that had become routine since 2024. Some analysts [...] The post The Calm Is the Anomaly: Why the Taiwan Strait Is More Dangerous Than the Headlines Suggest appeared first on Modern Diplomacy .