Make denying a Chinese takeover of Taiwan the top defense priority
What the document says“Prioritize a denial defense against China. U.S. defense planning should focus on China and, in particular, the effective denial defense of Taiwan.”
The chapter states that China is the most significant danger to American security and that the most severe immediate threat is to Taiwan and allies along the first island chain. It asks that all defense efforts focus on prevailing in that scenario, and that conventional force planning be set to defeat a Chinese invasion of Taiwan before resources are allocated to other missions such as fighting a second conflict at the same time.
What the document actually says“Prioritize a denial defense against China. U.S. defense planning should focus on China and, in particular, the effective denial defense of Taiwan.”
Put China first. Defense plans should aim to stop China taking Taiwan.
Taiwan is an island near China. China says it belongs to China. The book says stopping that should come first. It says other war plans should come second.
Read against the documents indexed here on August 26, 2026, and nothing was found that answers this. The Taiwan Assurance Implementation Act requires the State Department to review its Taiwan Guidelines, the internal rules governing contacts between American and Taiwanese officials, and to report on them to Congress periodically. It concerns diplomatic contact, not force planning, and does nothing to make the denial defense of Taiwan the organizing priority for conventional forces. The other candidates adjust tariffs tied to the opioid supply chain or assign the military a border mission. That is a record of a search, not a finding that nothing has happened: an act this site does not hold, or one that answers the proposal in words unlike its own, would not be caught by it.