Positions on Taiwan: Ted Galen Carpenter, vice president for defense and foreign policy studies at Cato, wrote an article entitled "Let Taiwan Defend Itself" which argues that America ought to help Taiwan to defend itself and deter mainland China from invading Taiwan by supplying the arms that Taiwan wants. (Eric Lin / Jimmy Lin / tr. by Phil Newell)
◎重要學術觀點：主管國防與外交事務副會長卡本特 (Ted Galen Carpenter) 曾著有《讓台灣自衛》(Let Taiwan Defend Itself)，主張美國應該武裝台灣而非協防台灣，而為嚇阻中共犯台，美國應在武器供應上，儘量滿足台灣的需求。