The Clock is Ticking on Arming to Ensure Peace
By Brent D. Sadler
March 07, 2025
Four years ago, Admiral Philip Davidson, then commander of Indo-Pacific Command, warned that China was preparing to wage war over Taiwan by 2027. Four years later, world events make this prediction seem more prophetic than ever – but American statecraft seems not to have read the writing on the wall.
Today, America faces threats on multiple fronts – threats at least in part attributable to our own foreign policy failures.
In Europe, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine marks the largest war of aggression on the continent since World War Two. Yet this was an avoidable war – or at least, it would have been, if the U.S. hadn’t passed up opportunities to posture military forces, issued confusing diplomatic messages (like President Biden’s “minor incursion” remark), or demonstrated a persistent reluctance to arm Ukraine.
Together, these failures signaled a green light for invasion and enabled a predictable years-long war of attrition.
This opened the door for further conflicts in other arenas.
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