“Such a scenario could be a prelude or pathway to war involving China, Taiwan, and the United States,” CNAS warns in an October 26 study. can do if China tries to seize a small string of islands in the South China Sea currently administered by Taiwan, according to a war game ( don’t you love that phrase?) conducted by the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). And, back to the Pentagon’s threat-du-jour, there is apparently little the U.S.officials have concluded, signaling a fresh escalation in Tehran-Washington tensions. base in Syria ( we have a base in Syria?), U.S. Iran was behind an October 20 drone attack on a U.S.defeat there in the longest war in American history, a top Pentagon official told Congress October 26.
