The Foreign Ministry issued a press release on Monday stating that Deputy Foreign Minister François Chih-chung Wu (吳志中) urged the international community to include Taiwan in the global security system to jointly safeguard regional peace and stability. The deputy minister made the statement during an interview with Kyiv-based media outlet The Counteroffensive early this year.
The report, published February 15, references President Lai Ching-te’s (賴清德) May inauguration speech, where he announced Taiwan’s goal of becoming the center of Asia’s drone supply chains. Learning from the war in Ukraine, Taiwan has focused on developing affordable, small unmanned drones. As a leader in electronics and semiconductor industries, Taiwan offers a democratic alternative to authoritarian-controlled supply chains.
Wu mentioned the international community once believed that incorporating Russia and China into the global trade system would help democratize them. However, he says that the Russo-Ukrainian War has shown that this was a naive assumption.
He calls on the international community to distinguish between red supply chains, dominated by authoritarian regimes, and democratic supply chains, asserting that this issue is critical not only for supply chain security but for the broader security framework of democratic nations.
Wu stresses that Taiwan seeks to play a larger role in the global order. The shift in supply chains will protect Taiwan’s semiconductor technology from falling into authoritarian hands, while simultaneously strengthening its domestic military capabilities in response to China’s threats. Wu also points to Taiwan’s progress in asymmetric warfare and drone technology. He calls for greater international cooperation and the inclusion of Taiwan in global security systems to jointly safeguard regional peace and stability.