If China Invaded Taiwan, What Would Europe Do?
The UK and other allies would have valuable supporting roles in a Pacific crisis, first by taking responsibility for their own security.
(This is the last in a series of dispatches from partner nations the US will depend on in its rivalry, and potential war, with China. Read part one here; part two, on Japan, here; part three, on Australia, here; and part four, on India, here.)
While European nations deal with the economic fallout from a war in Ukraine, Washington is warning them to brace for the economic catastrophe that could result from a war over Taiwan. US diplomats are reportedly telling their transatlantic counterparts that the global economy would suffer a hit of $2.5 trillion per year from a Chinese blockade of the island, while a full-on invasion would cause immensely more commercial carnage.